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Nanosecond laser ablation and deposition of silver, copper, zinc and tin

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Nanosecond pulsed laser deposition of different metals (Ag, Cu, Sn, Zn) has been studied in high vacuum at a laser wavelength of 355 nm and pulse length of 6 ns. The deposition rate is roughly similar for Sn, Cu and Ag, which have comparable cohesive energies, and much higher for the deposition of Zn which has a low cohesive energy. The deposition rate for all metals is strongly correlated with the total ablation yield, i.e., the total mass ablated per pulse, reported in the literature except for Sn, for which the deposition rate is low, but the total ablation yield is high. This may be explained by the continuous erosion by nanoparticles during deposition of the Sn films which appear to have a much rougher surface than those of the other metals studied in the present work.

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This work has been supported by a grant from the Danish Council for Strategic Research.

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  1. DTU Fotonik, Technical University of Denmark, Bygning 343, Ørsteds Plads, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

    Andrea Cazzaniga, Rebecca Bolt Ettlinger, Stela Canulescu & Jørgen Schou

  2. DTU Energy Conversion, Technical University of Denmark, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark

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Cazzaniga, A., Ettlinger, R.B., Canulescu, S. et al. Nanosecond laser ablation and deposition of silver, copper, zinc and tin. Appl. Phys. A 117, 89–92 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-013-8207-0

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