Femtosecond-laser ablation dynamics of dielectrics: basics and applications for thin films

P Balling, J Schou - Reports on progress in physics, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Laser ablation of dielectrics by ultrashort laser pulses is reviewed. The basic interaction
between ultrashort light pulses and the dielectric material is described, and different …

Physical aspects of the pulsed laser deposition technique: The stoichiometric transfer of material from target to film

J Schou - Applied Surface Science, 2009 - Elsevier
The physical processes of pulsed laser deposition (PLD) change strongly from the initial
light absorption in a target to the final deposition and growth of a film. One of the primary …

Emission features and expansion dynamics of nanosecond laser ablation plumes at different ambient pressures

N Farid, SS Harilal, H Ding, A Hassanein - Journal of applied physics, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The influence of ambient pressure on the spectral emission features and expansion
dynamics of a plasma plume generated on a metal target has been investigated. The …

Spherical expansion of the vapor plume into ambient gas: an analytical model

N Arnold, J Gruber, J Heitz - Applied Physics A, 1999 - Springer
A simplified model of plume expansion into ambient atmosphere is presented which is
based on the laws of mass, momentum, and energy conservation. In the course of …

Gas-dynamic effects of the interaction between a pulsed laser-ablation plume and the ambient gas: analogy with an underexpanded jet

AV Bulgakov, NM Bulgakova - Journal of Physics D: Applied …, 1998 - iopscience.iop.org
The expansion of a laser-ablation plume into different ambient gases is investigated
theoretically using a two-fluid gas-dynamic model and experimentally with time-of-flight …

Dynamics of laser-induced plume expansion into an ambient gas during film deposition

AV Bulgakov, NM Bulgakova - Journal of physics D: applied …, 1995 - iopscience.iop.org
The interaction between laser-induced plasma plume and gas background during film
deposition is studied theoretically. The gas dynamic model has been developed to describe …

Temporal and spatial dynamics of laser-induced aluminum plasma in argon background at atmospheric pressure: Interplay with the ambient gas

QL Ma, V Motto-Ros, WQ Lei, M Boueri, XS Bai… - … Acta Part B: Atomic …, 2010 - Elsevier
Laser ablation in background gas implies supplementary complexities with respect to what
happens in the vacuum. It is however essential to understand in detail the involved …

Background gas collisional effects on expanding fs and ns laser ablation plumes

SS Harilal, N Farid, JR Freeman, PK Diwakar… - Applied Physics A, 2014 - Springer
The collisional effects of a background gas on expanding ultrafast and short pulse laser
ablation plumes were investigated by varying background pressure from vacuum to …

Expansion of the laser ablation vapor plume into a background gas. I. Analysis

SB Wen, X Mao, R Greif, RE Russo - Journal of applied physics, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
A study of the gas dynamics of the vapor plume generated during laser ablation was
conducted including a counterpropagating internal shock wave. The density, pressure, and …

Laser-induced shockwave propagation from ablation in a cavity

X Zeng, X Mao, SS Mao, SB Wen, R Greif… - Applied physics …, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
The propagation of laser-induced shockwaves from ablation inside of cavities was
determined from time-resolved shadowgraph images. The temperature and electron number …