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Using molecular-dynamics, we study the thermodynamic evolution of a simple two-dimensional Lennard–Jones system during laser ablation for pulse durations ranging from 200 fs to 400 ps. We briefly review results previously obtained for fs pulses where the evolution of the material was shown to be solely a function of the locally absorbed energy (provided that only thermal effects are important), i.e., is adiabatic. For longer pulses (100 and 400 ps) the situation becomes more complex, as the relaxation path also depends on the position in the target and on the timescale on which expansion occurs. We show that, in contrast to fs pulses, the material ejected following ps laser irradiation does not enter the liquid–vapor metastable region before ablation occurs, hence showing that phase explosion is not the dominant mechanism in this regime. Following on from previous work, we propose that trivial fragmentation is the main ablation mechanism.
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Perez, D., Lewis, L. Thermodynamic evolution of materials during laser ablation under pico and femtosecond pulses. Appl. Phys. A 79, 987–990 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-004-2611-4
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