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Laser Synthesis of Nanopowders Based on Zinc Selenide for Production of Highly Transparent Ceramics

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Weakly agglomerated ZnSe, Cu:ZnSe, and Fe:ZnSe nanopowders have been obtained by evaporating a target of the corresponding chemical composition using an ytterbium-doped fiber laser, generating periodic pulses with a peak power of 600 W and duration of 120 μs. The nanoparticles are shaped as polyhedra and, more rarely, spheres with an average size of 18 nm. The nanopowder production rate at an average laser power of 300 W was ~100 g/h. Calculations showed that initial-target porosity (~30% in our case) leads to scattering of laser radiation and its highly nonuniform distribution in the target. In some regions of the target surface layer 10–15 μm thick, the laser radiation is randomly concentrated, and its intensity, due to the high refractive index of ZnSe (n ≈ 2.48), may exceed the incident radiation intensity by a factor of 10–245. This circumstance facilitates significantly the optical destruction and further evaporation of a target at a low peak incident radiation intensity (~0.43 MW/cm2). Photography of a laser torch showed that target evaporation by periodic laser pulses makes it possible to essentially reduce splashing of melt drops (under certain conditions). The necessary conditions are as follows: the pulse duration should not exceed 400 μs at a peak radiation intensity of 0.21 MW/cm2 and 200 μs at a peak intensity of 0.46 MW/cm2.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are grateful to D.G. Lisienko (Ural Federal University, Institute of Physics and Technology) for the elemental analysis of the samples of targets and nanopowders, V.A. Shitov (Institute of Experimental Physics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences) and A.V. Abramov (Ural Federal University, Institute of Physics and Technology) for preparing evaporation targets, M.V. Kremenetskii for the participation in the processing of laser torch luminescence oscillograms, and V.V. Lisenkov for the discussion of the results. Photographing of nanoparticles, X-ray diffraction analysis, and analysis of the specific surface area were performed using equipment of the Shared Research Center of the Institute of Experimental Physics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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This study was performed within State assignment no. AAAA-A19-119020790031-5 and supported in part by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 20-08-00054A.

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    V. V. Osipov, V. V. Platonov, A. M. Murzakaev, E. V. Tikhonov & A. I. Medvedev

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Osipov, V.V., Platonov, V.V., Murzakaev, A.M. et al. Laser Synthesis of Nanopowders Based on Zinc Selenide for Production of Highly Transparent Ceramics. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 49 (Suppl 1), S68–S81 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335622130085

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