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The ripples and nanoparticles on silicon irradiated by femtosecond laser

  • Yanhua Han
  • , Shiliang Qu*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The surface configuration evolvement of silicon with the increasing pulse number irradiated by femtosecond laser has been studied. The ripples and nanoparticles are formed in the irradiated region. The period of the ripples decreases with the increasing pulse number, while the diameter of the visible structured region increases with the increasing pulse number. The interference of laser with surface plasmons is proposed to explain the formation of the ripple. The decreasing of the spatial period for surface ripples is due to the decrease of the surface plasmon wavelength with the decreasing electron number density in the plasma.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)241-244
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume495
Issue number4-6
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Aug 2010
Externally publishedYes

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