Investigation of femtosecond laser-induced periodic surface structure on tungsten

Chen Li, Guanghua Cheng, Stoian Razvan

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Abstract

Femtosecond laser-induced periodic surface structure (LIPSS) has the potential applications in tunable thermal source, tribology, super-hydrophilicity, super-hydrophobicity, marking and so on. LIPSS formation and mechanism on tungsten with a 800 nm femtosecond laser are investigated. The electromagnetic energy distribution on random rough surface after the first laser pulse and the energy distribution of electromagnetic field induced by low-spatial-frequency LIPSS after 20 pulses are simulated by Sipe interference model and finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. The formation mechanism of low-spatial-frequency and high-spatial-frequency LIPSS (HSFL) is disclosed. The evolution of surface morphology and the phenomena of spatial period decreasing with the increase of laser pulse number are also investigated.

Original languageEnglish
Article number0532001
JournalGuangxue Xuebao/Acta Optica Sinica
Volume36
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 May 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Femtosecond laser
  • Finite-difference time-domain method
  • Micromachining
  • Tungsten
  • Ultrafast optics

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