Abstract
The dynamic response of a micrometer-sized gallium–indium (Ga-In) jet in nitrogen subjected to intense Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (Nd: YAG) laser pulses with energy ranging from 0.35 to 5.0 mJ per pulse is investigated experimentally. The rapid deformation of the jet was visualized using timed-delayed stroboscopic shadowgraphy. The laser pulse disrupts the jet to form a gap, and the length of the gap grows according to a logarithm relationship with respect to the dimensionless time normalized a characteristic timescale τ, which is determined by the pulse energy Ep. The ablation impulse bends and flattens the jet into a thin curved film that resembles a wind-blown sail. The area of the sail increases with t6/5Ep13/15, where t is time. The sail eventually breaks up into fine mist. Additionally, we found that the laser-blast-induced initial bending velocity of the jet could be predicted using the semi-empirical laser-ablated propulsion model for an In-Sn droplet of tens of micrometers.
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