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The thermo-mechanical behavior of thin metal films under nanosecond laser pulse excitation above the thermoelastic regime

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This article presents experimental results supported by advanced three-dimensional modeling for the dynamics emerging from the interaction of nanosecond laser pulses with thin metal films on dielectric substrates, especially at the melting and ablation regimes. Matter dynamics, such as the generation and propagation of surface acoustic waves and permanent deformations, are imaged with the use of a very high spatial and temporal resolution interferometric method accompanied by white-light interferometry. A three-dimensional finite element model is developed aiming to fully describe the spatiotemporal dynamics and predict with high accuracy the thermo-mechanical phenomena around melting and ablation regimes where phase changes take place. The ability of very high spatial and temporal resolution, the whole-field three-dimensional imaging as well as the simultaneous study of the laser pulse–thin film interaction regimes, makes this study valuable for applications where detailed knowledge of the thermo-mechanical behavior of matter under pulsed laser excitation is critical.

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Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge financial support through the Operational Program “Education and Lifelong Learning,” Action Archimedes III (sub-action 19: “Innovative optoacoustic device for 3d spatiotemporal micro-characterization of composite materials based on ultrafast laser pulses”); financial support through the Action “National Research Infrastructure for HiPER” MIS 376841 (co-funded by the European Union and Hellenic National funds within the Operational Programme “Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship”).

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  1. Centre for Plasma Physics and Lasers, School of Applied Sciences, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, 73133, Chania, Greece

    Vasilis Dimitriou, Evaggelos Kaselouris, Yannis Orphanos, Makis Bakarezos, Michael Tatarakis & Nektarios A. Papadogiannis

  2. Centre for Plasma Physics and Lasers, School of Applied Sciences, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, 74100, Rethymno, Greece

    Vasilis Dimitriou, Evaggelos Kaselouris, Yannis Orphanos, Makis Bakarezos, Michael Tatarakis & Nektarios A. Papadogiannis

  3. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Engineering, School of Applied Sciences, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, 73133, Chania, Greece

    Vasilis Dimitriou

  4. School of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete, University Campus, 73100, Chania, Greece

    Evaggelos Kaselouris & Ioannis K. Nikolos

  5. Department of Materials Science, University of Patras, 26500, Rio, Greece

    Yannis Orphanos & Nikolaos Vainos

  6. Department of Music Technology and Acoustics Engineering, School of Applied Sciences, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, 74100, Rethymnon, Greece

    Makis Bakarezos & Nektarios A. Papadogiannis

  7. Department of Electronic Engineering, School of Applied Sciences, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, 73133, Chania, Greece

    Michael Tatarakis

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Dimitriou, V., Kaselouris, E., Orphanos, Y. et al. The thermo-mechanical behavior of thin metal films under nanosecond laser pulse excitation above the thermoelastic regime. Appl. Phys. A 118, 739–748 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-014-8792-6

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