Naslov
Transformation of circular into triangular craters as a function of parameters in a train of laser pulses

Autori
Lugomer, Stjepan ; Stipančić, Mladen

Izvornik
Vacuum (0042-207X) 48 (1997), 1; 51-62

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
surface breakdown

Sažetak
In the pulsed laser-material interaction with the pulse-repetition rate, nu, in the KHz range, and the scan velocity v approximate to 25.4-127 mm/s (1-5 ''/s), the morphology of the laser trace changes drastically. The trace morphology arises from few simultaneous processes: material vaporization and crater formation with surface hydrodynamic flow. Depending on nu and v, the crater form changes from circular to triangular, passing through a generation of coherent hydrodynamic and chaotic structures finishing with pairing or merging of three vortices to form a triangular one ; the laser trace changes from the discontinuous to continuous. The phenomena observed are important from the theoretical aspect for the study of interaction of 2, 3 or more vortices on a short time scale, and the applied aspect is important for deep laser scribing and surface modification uses.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika

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