Pulsed Laser Deposition Of Materials Research Articles

Absorption spectroscopy of an expanding laser produced lithium plasma in the extreme ultraviolet using the Dual Laser Plasma technique

We describe the essential features of the Dual Laser Plasma (DLP) vacuum ultraviolet photoabsorption spectroscopy technique and the characteristics of our DLP apparatus. We show that the time- and space-resolved capabilities of this technique are suited to the monitoring of the dynamics of expanding plasma plumes in the regime used for pulsed laser deposition of materials. Examples of spectra showing the spatial and temporal evolution of a lithium plasma expanding in vacuum are presented. A model based on a self-similar expansion for the plume is developed and used to analyse the shape of absorption lines. Measurements in the photoionisation continuum of Li + are also presented.

Modeling of plume dynamics in laser ablation processes for thin film deposition of materials

The transport dynamics of laser-ablated neutral/plasma plumes are of significant interest for film growth by pulsed-laser deposition of materials, since the magnitude and kinetic energy of the species arriving at the deposition substrate are key processing parameters. Dynamical calculations of plume propagation in vacuum and in background gas have been performed using particle-in-cell hydrodynamics, continuum gasdynamics, and scattering models. Results from these calculations are presented and compared with experimental observations.

Modeling of dynamical processes in laser ablation

Various physics and computational approaches have been developed to globally characterize phenomena important for film growth by pulsed-laser deposition of materials. These include thermal models of laser-solid target interactions that initiate the vapor plume, plume ionization and heating through laser absorption beyond local thermodynamic equilibrium mechanisms, hydrodynamic and collisional descriptions of plume transport, and molecular dynamics models of the interaction of plume particles with the deposition substrate.

Dynamical Modeling of Laser ablation Processes

AbstractSeveral physics and computational approaches have been developed to globally characterize phenomena important for film growth by pulsed laser deposition of materials. these include thermal models of laser-solid target interactions that initiate the vapor plume; plume ionization and heating through laser absorption beyond local thermodynamic equilibrium mechanisms; gas dynamic, hydrodynamic, and collisional descriptions of plume transport; and molecular dynamics models of the interaction of plume particles with the deposition substrate. the complexity of the phenomena involved in the laser ablation process is matched by the diversity of the modeling task, which combines materials science, atomic physics, and plasma physics.

Gas dynamics and film profiles in pulsed-laser deposition of materials.

Film-thickness profiles obtained in pulsed-laser deposition are calculated by using the well-known solution of the gas-dynamic equations which describes the expansion of the plasma plume in vacuum. The time for plasma formation is supposed to be short compared with the time of expansion. The film profile depends on the initial dimensions of the plume and on the adiabatic exponent of the vapor.

Growth of Bn Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Deposition

AbstractA new UHV system for pulsed laser deposition of materials is described, together with results from preliminary experiments for depositions of BN on Si. The system is designed to allow for in-situ diagnostics of the ablation plasma, as well as UHV preparation and characterization of clean sample substrates. The room temperature depositions of BN result in amorphous, B-rich films, whose particle content is a strong function of laser wavelength.

Growth of BN Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Deposition

ABSTRACTA new UHV system for pulsed laser deposition of materials is described, together with results from preliminary experiments for depositions of BN on Si. The system is designed to allow for in-situ diagnostics of the ablation plasma, as well as UHV preparation and characterization of clean sample substrates. The room temperature depositions of BN result in amorphous, B-rich films, whose particle content is a strong function of laser wavelength.