Ablation from metals induced by visible and UV laser irradiation

The deposition rate of laser-ablated silver has been determined for fluences between 0.5 and 15 J/cm2 at the wavelengths 532 and 355 nm for a beam spot area of around 0.01 cm2. The ablated metal was collected on a quartz crystal microbalance. The rate at 5 J/cm2 was about 4 × 1013 Ag/cm2 per pulse for 532 nm, and somewhat lower for 355 nm. The initial vaporization during the ablation has been studied numerically as well.