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The growth of nanoscale periodic and dot-like structures on the surface of stainless steel with femtosecond laser pulses in the dry and wet ambient environment

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The present work deals with growth of nanoscale periodic and dot-like structures on the surface of stainless steel (SS) by the irradiation of femtosecond laser pulses. For this purpose Ti: Sapphire femtosecond laser pulses (wavelength of 800 nm, pulse length of 25 fs and pulse repetition rate of 1 kHz) were employed in a dry (air) and liquid confined (deionized water and ethanol) environments. The targets were exposed to 1000 succeeding pulses for various fluences ranging from 50 to 150 mJ cm−2. Nanoscale structures including ripples, and dots were observed by SEM analysis. The growth and dependence of structure-formation on the ambient environment and laser fluence in both central as well as peripheral ablated areas is systematically investigated. The development of nanostructures and nanoripples is correlated with structural analysis carried out by micro Raman spectroscopy.

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  1. Institute for Applied Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

    Shazia Bashir, M. Shahid Rafique, Ali Ajami & Wolfgang Husinsky

  2. Centre for Advanced Studies in Physics, GC University Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

    Shazia Bashir

  3. Department of Physics, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

    M. Shahid Rafique &  Umm-i-Kalsoom

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Bashir, S., Shahid Rafique, M., Ajami, A. et al. The growth of nanoscale periodic and dot-like structures on the surface of stainless steel with femtosecond laser pulses in the dry and wet ambient environment. Appl. Phys. A 113, 673–681 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-013-7675-6

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