Abstract

A general numerical solution and two approximate analytical solutions of the one-dimensional heat diffusion equation are used to calculate the temperature of a surface exposed to pulsed heating. The calculations simulate the case of pulsed CO 2 laser heating of fused quartz. The numerical solution (based on a finite difference model) includes explicitly the temperature dependence of thermal parameters and is in excellent agreement with experimental measurements on the same system. The analytical solutions are unable to reproduce the temperature history of the sample, and their limitations are discussed.

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