11 research outputs found
Spallative ablation of dielectrics by X-ray laser
Short laser pulse in wide range of wavelengths, from infrared to X-ray,
disturbs electron-ion equilibrium and rises pressure in a heated layer. The
case where pulse duration is shorter than acoustic relaxation time
is considered in the paper. It is shown that this short pulse may cause
thermomechanical phenomena such as spallative ablation regardless to
wavelength. While the physics of electron-ion relaxation on wavelength and
various electron spectra of substances: there are spectra with an energy gap in
semiconductors and dielectrics opposed to gapless continuous spectra in metals.
The paper describes entire sequence of thermomechanical processes from
expansion, nucleation, foaming, and nanostructuring to spallation with
particular attention to spallation by X-ray pulse
Two-temperature relaxation and melting after absorption of femtosecond laser pulse
The theory and experiments concerned with the electron-ion thermal relaxation
and melting of overheated crystal lattice constitute the subject of this paper.
The physical model includes two-temperature equation of state, many-body
interatomic potential, the electron-ion energy exchange, electron thermal
conductivity, and optical properties of solid, liquid, and two phase
solid-liquid mixture. Two-temperature hydrodynamics and molecular dynamics
codes are used. An experimental setup with pump-probe technique is used to
follow evolution of an irradiated target with a short time step 100 fs between
the probe femtosecond laser pulses. Accuracy of measurements of reflection
coefficient and phase of reflected probe light are ~1% and \sim 1\un{nm},
respectively. It is found that,
{\it firstly}, the electron-electron collisions make a minor contribution to
a light absorbtion in solid Al at moderate intensities;
{\it secondly}, the phase shift of a reflected probe results from heating of
ion subsystem and kinetics of melting of Al crystal during 0
where is time delay between the pump and probe pulses measured from the
maximum of the pump;
{\it thirdly} the optical response of Au to a pump shows a marked contrast to
that of Al on account of excitation of \textit{d}-electronsComment: 6th International Conference on Photo-Excited Processes and
Applications 9-12 Sep 2008, Sapporo, Japan, http://www.icpepa6.com, the
contributed paper will be published in Applied Surface Science(2009
Long-range attraction between particles in dusty plasma and partial surface tension of dusty phase boundary
Effective potential of a charged dusty particle moving in homogeneous plasma
has a negative part that provides attraction between similarly charged dusty
particles. A depth of this potential well is great enough to ensure both
stability of crystal structure of dusty plasma and sizable value of surface
tension of a boundary surface of dusty region. The latter depends on the
orientation of the surface relative to the counter-ion flow, namely, it is
maximal and positive for the surface normal to the flow and minimal and
negative for the surface along the flow. For the most cases of dusty plasma in
a gas discharge, a value of the first of them is more than sufficient to ensure
stability of lenticular dusty phase void oriented across the counter-ion flow.Comment: LATEX, REVTEX4, 7 pages, 6 figure
On the Intrinsic Fracture Pressure of Liquid and Solid Aluminum Around Its Melting Temperature
To determine the intrinsic fracture pressure of aluminum, data from studies that have used molecular dynamic simulations, the van der Waals method as well as experimental observations have been gathered and analyzed. Results indicate that aluminum has an intrinsic fracture pressure of â 4 GPa at its melting temperature in both liquid and solid states. Moreover, the Fisher equation can be used to estimate the intrinsic fracture pressure of liquid aluminum