Analytical solution for temperature field in thin film initially heated by a short-pulse laser source

Abstract

Analytical solution for electron and lattice temperature distribution in the solid initially heated by a laser short-pulse is presented. Strained parameters method is introduced when formulating electron and lattice temperature distributions. Laser short pulse heating of gold film is simulated numerically and temperature data at the end of the heating pulse are adopted as initial condition to the governing equations of energy transport for analytical solutions. This enables to solve the governing equations of energy analytically in the cooling period. It is found that electron temperature decays sharply while lattice site temperature increases gradually in the surface regions during the cooling cycle. As the depth from the surface increases change in both temperatures become gradual.