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The influence of melting on the excitation of Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) pulses in silicon is studied both theoretically and experimentally. The developed theory of Rayleigh-type SAW laser-induced thermoelastic excitation in a structure composed of a liquid layer on a solid substrate predicts that the SAW is predominantly generated in the solid phase due to the absence of shear rigidity in a liquid. The characteristic changes in the SAW pulse shape as well as the saturation and even the decrease of the SAW pulse amplitude observed above the melting threshold are explained theoretically to be a result of the decrease of the heat flux into the solid phase as well as due to the decrease of the volume of the solid phase caused by melting. Although the heat flux into the solid phase is decreased both as a consequence of the reflectivity increase and the additional energy losses (latent heat of melting) at the phase transition, it is demonstrated that the influence of reflectivity changes on the SAW pulse is negligible in comparison with the effect of melt-front motion. For laser pulses of 7 ns duration at 355 nm, the threshold value of laser fluence for meltingF m=0.23±0.04 J/cm2 and for the ablationF a=1.3±0.2 J/cm2 were determined experimentally as the points of characteristic changes in the observed SAW pulses.
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Gusev, V., Kolomenskii, A.A. & Hess, P. Effect of melting on the excitation of surface acoustic wave pulses by UV nanosecond laser pulses in silicon. Appl. Phys. A 61, 285–298 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01538194
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