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Ultra-short pulse laser seeding techniques for silicon crystallite growth on amorphous substrates
(1999)
In this paper, safety-related experiments with ultra-short laser pulses (down to 30 fs) on various components
(goggles, curtains) for laser protection are presented. The damage and failure behaviour of
protective devices has been investigated dependent on practical conditions such as pulse duration, laser
.uence, pulse number, and repetition rate.
The e.ects of laser-irradiation on materials can be roughly divided into transient ones like laserinduced
transmission (LIT) or short-lived colour centres and permanent damages like the stable colour
centres and ablation. The former e.ects are particularly important for transparent devices like laser
goggles.
To obtain a complete overview on laser safety issues and the prevention of failure there are two
important .elds of investigation:
1. the e.ects of laser radiation on human eyes and skin, and
2. on the possible protection materials.
Both .elds have been addressed during the recently .nished German project SAFEST (safety aspects
in femtosecond technology). The amount of safety data available in the ultrashort pulse region has
been increased remarkably. This allows for a re-evaluation of known laser protection materials for this
region of pulse durations and for the evaluation of new designs that promise high protection levels
while being light-weight and convenient to use.
The interaction of nanosecond laser pulses in the ultraviolet wavelength range and femtosecond laser pulses in the near-infrared region with the direct semiconductor SiC and the composite compound SiC-TiC-TiB2 was investigated in respect to resulting physicochemical processes. Surface analytical techniques, such as XPS, µ-Raman, and EDX were used to identify the chemical changes between untreated and laser-treated areas. Single-pulse irradiation led to material
modifications in the condensed state in most instances. Multi-pulse results differed depending on the pulse duration. In the nanosecond case, melting of the surface and redeposited material (debris) were observed. With femtosecond pulses instead, only negligible melting and few debris could be detected. Additionally, periodic structures (ripples) appeared, with parallel orientation and in most cases two different periodicities for a particular material. Laser ablation of all the studied compound materials exhibited preferential ablation of the lighter component elements. Crystal structure changes of the irradiated surface were observed as a consequence of laser-induced melting and resolidification. An oxidation process interfered with all this processes so that unstoichiometric oxides were formed.
The removal and accelerated corrosion monitoring of metal coating systems is of general interest in materials science
and engineering technology. The femtosecond and nanosecond laser ablation and delamination at 800 nm and 532 nm,
respectively, of anodic oxide layers on aluminium alloys in electrolyte contact were investigated. Laser-induced
modifications of the oxide layer resulted in an ionic contact between electrolyte and metal, which produced a current
transient and thus allowed the in-situ electrochemical monitoring of the modification. Oxide coatings with different
optical properties, almost transparent and opaque, were examined. The transparent anodic oxides showed contrasting
ablation mechanisms in the nanosecond and femtosecond pulse duration regime: nanosecond pulses caused spallation,
whereas femtosecond treatment led to ablation. Current signals measured in the transparent film were consistent with
light absorption below the metal-oxide interface and with film spallation. Irradiation of the opaque coating yielded ionic
current transients within the so-called shock-affected-zone of the oxide layer. This investigation provided insight into the
role of the penetration depth of light and the heat-affected zone, the extent of the shock-affected zone, and the defect
formation in the coating and at the solid-solid interface between metal and oxide.
Optical filters and fabrics are important parts of laser safety equipment such as goggles and curtains. A choice of these materials with varying absorption spectra is investigated with respect to their resistance to Ti:sapphire femtosecond laser radiation (800 nm wavelength, 1 kHz repetition rate). Pulse durations down to 30 fs and multiple-pulse irradiation conditions are employed to evaluate technically relevant damage thresholds. The ablation threshold fluences of the absorbing filters are comparable to those observed for transparent materials with 30-fs-pulses. These investigations together with scanning electron microscopy of the surface morphology after laser treatment provide insight into the interaction mechanism of the short pulses with the materials.
A detailed diagnostic study of the interaction of nanosecond laser pulses from the near-ultraviolet into the near-infrared
wavelength range with various types of contemporary and ancient parchments is presented. The advantages of laser
cleaning due to the absence of chemical agents, spectroscopic selectivity, micro-precision, computer-aided handling can
only be verified when physico-chemical diagnostics guarantee destructionless processing. Scanning Electron Microscopy
(SEM) data are correlated with morphological changes in dependence on the laser fluence and wavelength. The
question, to what extent the chemical degradation of collagen is affected by various laser treatment parameters, could be
resolved by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) of collagen fibres collected from the outermost laser-exposed
surface layer. It is also shown how Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (DRIFT), and
Pyrolysis Capillary Gaschromatography (PY-CGC) can be employed in the chemical diagnostics of laser cleaning of
parchment. This study suggests that the ageing status of parchment artefacts plays a major role in assessing the laser
cleaning limits.
Commercially available absorption filters (Schott BG18 and BG36) were investigated with respect to their single- and
multi-pulse ablation threshold using laser pulses from a Ti:Sapphire laser in the range between 30 and 340 fs. It could be
observed, that the threshold fluence decreases for shorter pulse durations. The similarity of the measured multi-pulse
threshold fluences with those of undoped glass material (around 1 J/cm^2 for a pulse duration of 30 fs) suggests that, for
very short pulses, the threshold is independent on the doping level and therefore, linear absorption does not significantly
contribute to laser-induced damage. For >100 pulses per spot and all pulse durations applied, the threshold fluences
saturate. This independence on the number of applied pulses leads to technically relevant damage threshold values.