Model of the Effects of Femtosecond Laser Pulse Energy on the Effective Z-Position of the Resulting Cut after Laser-Induced Optical Breakdown

Autor: Simas Sobutas, Samuel Arba Mosquera
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Photonics, Vol 11, Iss 8, p 685 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2304-6732
DOI: 10.3390/photonics11080685
Popis: Presented in this study is a validated semiempirical model of the effects of femtosecond laser pulse energy on the effective z-position of the resulting cut after laser-induced optical breakdown. Different energy levels (for the same spot spacings, i.e., different doses) running from 1.07 × (~60 nJ) to 3.8 × (~215 nJ) of the laser-induced optical breakdown (LIOB) threshold (~56 nJ) were used to perform flat cuts within flat poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) samples at the same nominal focus position (depth within the material). The z-locations of the effective cut and the anterior surface of the PMMA were confocally determined. The difference (PMMA_surface—Cut_plane) was used as a surrogate for the effective shift in the z-position of the cut. A consistent and continuous shift towards less deep cuts was observed for increasing pulse energies. The z-shift spreads by up to 22 µm thinner cuts for the largest pulse energy (3.8× LIOBTh, ~215 nJ). Higher pulse energies seem to significantly reduce the cutting depth. The results for PMMA are in good agreement with the moving LIOB model.
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