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Laser ablation of copper and aluminium in air

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The ablation behavior of copper alloy and aluminium irradiated in air by 1.06 μm, 10 ns pulsed laser with power density of 6.4×109W/cm2 was studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), MCS-RBS and X-ray microanalysis. Evidence of bulk vaporization via bubble formation was observed for the copper alloy under the laser irradiation. Silver-enrichment microregions were found in the ablation crater created by the laser shots on the copper alloy sample. Material removal rates of these materials were determined by crater shape-profile measurement. Using self-similar solutions of the gas-dynamic equations, gas-dynamic parameters of the vaporization waves are obtained. These parameters are used to calculate material removal rates and impulse coupling coefficients of these materials under the pulsed laser irradiation. The calculated mass removal rates and the coupling coefficients are compared with the corresponding experimentally determined values. The surface kinetic energy of the irradiated area on the Al sample is estimated. Possible mechanisms for laser ablation of the materials under study are discussed.

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  1. Yueyuan Xia

    Present address: Dept. of Physics, University of Western Ontario, N6A 3K7, London, Ontario, Canada

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  1. Department of Physics, Shandong University, 250100, Jinan, Shandong, China

    Yueyuan Xia, Liangmo Mei, Chunyu Tan & Xiangdong Liu

  2. Department of Optics, Shandong University, 250100, Jinan, Shandong, China

    Qingpu Wang

  3. The Experimental Centre, Shandong University, 250100, Jinan, Shandong, China

    Shubin Yue

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Xia, Y., Mei, L., Tan, C. et al. Laser ablation of copper and aluminium in air. Appl. Phys. A 52, 425–432 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00323654

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