Hydrodynamics of excimer laser ablation of polymers in atmospheric pressure gas

Author

Ventzek, P.L.G. ; Gilgenbach, Ronald M. ; Sell, J.A. ; Heffelfinger, D.M.

fYear

1990

fDate

21-23 May 1990

Firstpage

210

Abstract

Summary form only given. Pulsed schlieren photography and fast helium-neon laser beam deflection were used to study the hydrodynamics of laser ablation from polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and polyethyleneterephthalate (PET) by pulsed KrF laser (248 nm) radiation in atmospheric air, N₂, and Ar. The time scales investigated were 0.5 μs to 6 ms. Fluences varied from less than 30 mJ/cm² to 10 J/cm². Sound waves, shock waves, reduced density plumes, or optical breakdown plasmas were produced depending on the laser fluence. Below the ablation threshold, sound waves were observed leaving the surface. Above the ablation threshold, a shock wave and a reduced density plume were generated. At low fluences, below 300 mJ/cm ² for PET, a linear relationship exists between fluence and shock velocity. At higher fluences, above 1 J/cm2 for PET, the shock speeds approach ideal blast wave theory

Keywords

hydrodynamics; laser beam effects; polymers; 0.5 ps to 6 ms; Ar; N₂; PET; PMMA; air; atmospheric pressure gas; detachment; excimer laser ablation; expansion; fast laser beam deflection; hydrodynamics; ideal blast wave theory; laser fluence; optical breakdown plasmas; polyethyleneterephthalate; polymers; polymethylmethacrylate; pulsed KrF laser; pulsed schlieren photography; reduced density plumes; shock speeds; shock waves; sound waves; threshold; time scales;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 1990. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts., 1990 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Oakland, CA, USA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.1990.110845

Filename

5726115