Comparison of ultrashort pulse ablation of gold in air and water by time-resolved experiments

Maximilian Spellauge; Carlos Doñate-Buendía; Stephan Barcikowski; Bilal Gökce; Heinz P. Huber

doi:10.1038/s41377-022-00751-6

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Comparison of ultrashort pulse ablation of gold in air and water by time-resolved experiments

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- Comparison of ultrashort pulse ablation of gold in air and water by time-resolved experiments
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 11, Issue 4, Pages: 615-627(2022)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Department of Applied Sciences and Mechatronics, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Lothstraße 34, 80335, Munich, Germany
  2.Technical Chemistry I and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, 45141, Essen, Germany
  3.Materials Science and Additive Manufacturing, School of Mechanical Engineering and Safety Engineering, University of Wuppertal, 42119, Wuppertal, Germany
- Author bio：
  
  Bilal Gökce (goekce@uni-wuppertal.de)
  Heinz P. Huber (heinz.huber@hm.edu)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-022-00751-6
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- Published：30 April 2022，
  
  Published Online：23 March 2022，
  
  Received：27 October 2021，
  
  Revised：31 January 2022，
  
  Accepted：22 February 2022
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Spellauge, M. et al. Comparison of ultrashort pulse ablation of gold in air and water by time-resolved experiments. Light: Science & Applications, 11, 615-627 (2022).
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Spellauge, M. et al. Comparison of ultrashort pulse ablation of gold in air and water by time-resolved experiments. Light: Science & Applications, 11, 615-627 (2022). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-022-00751-6.

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Laser ablation in liquids is a highly interdisciplinary method at the intersection of physics and chemistry that offers the unique opportunity to generate surfactant-free and stable nanoparticles from virtually any material. Over the last decades

numerous experimental and computational studies aimed to reveal the transient processes governing laser ablation in liquids. Most experimental studies investigated the involved processes on timescales ranging from nanoseconds to microseconds. However

the ablation dynamics occurring on a sub-nanosecond timescale are of fundamental importance

as the conditions under which nanoparticles are generated are established within this timeframe. Furthermore

experimental investigations of the early timescales are required to test computational predictions. We visualize the complete spatiotemporal picosecond laser-induced ablation dynamics of gold immersed in air and water using ultrafast pump-probe microscopy. Transient reflectivity measurements reveal that the water confinement layer significantly influences the ablation dynamics on the entire investigated timescale from picoseconds to microseconds. The influence of the water confinement layer includes the electron injection and subsequent formation of a dense plasma on a picosecond timescale

the confinement of ablation products within hundreds of picoseconds

and the generation of a cavitation bubble on a nanosecond timescale. Moreover

we are able to locate the temporal appearance of secondary nanoparticles at about 600 ps after pulse impact. The results support computational predictions and provide valuable insight into the early-stage ablation dynamics governing laser ablation in liquids.

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