Abstract
The formation of β-Bi2O3 through laser irradiation of a bismuth (Bi) thin film is reported. The bismuth thin films were irradiated in atmospheric air using Nd:YAG laser pulses of 7 ns duration and 1064nm wavelength. A set of irradiations was done on the samples varying the total irradiation time (i. e. the number of pulses) for a fix per pulse laser fluence of 25mJ/cm2. The laser processed regions were characterized by optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and microRaman spectroscopy (mRS). OM results show that the laser modified cross section on the film is smaller than the laser beam cross section, which means a thermally confined interaction; SEM micrographs reveled the formation of submicron sized particles as a result of the multi-pulse laser irradiation; using microRaman spectroscopy characterization we were able to determine the formation of the β-Bi2O3 crystalline phase within the laser irradiated spot on the sample.
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