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Rossall, A. K., Aslanyan, Valentin, Tallents, Greg J., Kuznetsov, Ilya, Rocca, Jorge J. and Menoni, Carmen S. (2015) Ablation of Submicrometer Holes Using an Extreme-Ultraviolet Laser. Physical Review Applied, 3 (6). 064013. ISSN 2331-7019
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Abstract
Simulations and experiments are used to study extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) laser drilling of submicrometer holes. The ablation process is studied with a 2D Eulerian hydrodynamic code that includes bound-free absorption processes relevant to the interaction of EUV lasers with a solid material. Good agreement is observed between the simulated and measured ablated depths for on-target irradiances of up to 1×1010 W cm−2. An increase in the irradiance to 1×1012 W cm−2 is predicted to ablate material to a depth of 3.8 μm from a single pulse with a hole diameter 3 to 4 times larger than the focal spot size. The model allows for the simulation of the interaction of a laser pulse with the crater created by a previous shot. Multiple-pulse lower-fluence irradiation configurations under optimized focusing conditions, i.e., approaching the diffraction limit, are shown to be advantageous for applications requiring mesoscale [(100 nm)–(1 μm)] features and a high level of control over the ablation profile.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics |
| Schools: | School of Computing and Engineering |
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| Depositing User: | Andrew Rossall |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Mar 2016 13:33 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Mar 2017 14:50 |
| URI: | http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/26807 |
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