Pulse-width influence on the laser-induced structuring of CaF2 (111) |
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Authors: | D Ashkenasi H Varel A Rosenfeld F Noack E E B Campbell |
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Institution: | (1) Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Postfach 1107, D-12474 Berlin, Germany;(2) Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, D-14195 Berlin, Germany |
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Abstract: | We have investigated the morphology of CaF2 (111) irradiated by 780 nm laser pulses of varying pulse width (200 fs-8 ns) with fluences above the damage threshold. Large differences can be observed which we relate to the mechanisms and dynamics of defect production in this wide band gap material. The best defined and most controllable ablation is obtained for laser pulse widths of a few picoseconds. For nanosecond and femtosecond pulses strong fracturing of the crystal is observed with damage outside the laser irradiated zone. This has a thermal origin for nanosecond pulses but a non-thermal origin for pulse widths below approximately 1 ps. |
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Keywords: | 81 40 - z 81 60 - j |
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