article · 01/08/2008

Direct visualization of charge distributions during femtosecond laser ablation of a Si(100) surface

Christoph T. Hebeisen, German Sciaini, Maher Harb, Ralph Ernstorfer, Sergei G. Kruglik, R. J. Dwayne Miller

Résumé

We directly observe the charge distributions and resulting electric fields present during the earliest stages of laser ablation of a Si (100) surface by using femtosecond electron pulses as a probe. We find the magnitude of the field to be 3.5 X 10(6) V/m just 3 ps after an excitation pulse of 5.6 J/cm(2). By fitting the data to a simple model, we determine that the excitation results in the rapid emission of 5.3 X 10(11) electrons/cm(2). These experiments provide new insights into the nature of the ablation process and the behavior of charged particles involved in it.

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Hebeisen, C.-T., Sciaini, G., Harb, M., Ernstorfer, R., Kruglik, S.-G., & Miller, R.-J.-D. (2008). Direct visualization of charge distributions during femtosecond laser ablation of a Si(100) surface. Physical Review B, 78(8), 081403.01 - 081403.4. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.78.081403

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