Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 39, Issue 1, 0126019(2019)

Surface Characteristics of CaF2 Crystal Ablated by Femtosecond Laser

Taiyong Guo1、*, Limu Zhang1, Yingying Ren1、*, Yangjian Cai1、*, Romero Carolina2, and R. Vazquez de Aldana Javier2
Author Affiliations
  • 1 Center of Light Manipulations and Applications, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optics and Photonic Device, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China
  • 2 Laser Microprocessing Group, Department of Applied Physics, University of Salamanca, Salamanca 37008, Spain
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    (a) Optical microscope schematic of the ablation areas on Nd∶CaF2 surface; (b) a set of ablation holes and ablation lines at energy of 2.4 μJ
    SEM images of ablation holes on CaF2 crystal surface with different parameters. (a) A=0.4 μJ, N=10; (b) A=0.6 μJ, N=20; (c) A=4 μJ, N=100; (d) A=4 μJ, N=1000
    Parameters of CaF2 crystal in stationary focusing case. (a) Squared diameter D2 of the ablation holes versus the pulse energy Ep; (b) energy flux density threshold versus laser pulse number; (c) energy flux density versus the diameters of ablation holes
    SEM images of ablation lines on CaF2 crystal surface with different parameters. (a)(d) A=0.8 μJ, v=60 μm/s; (b)(e) A=1.6 μJ, v=5 μm/s; (c)(f) A=2.4 μJ, v=5 μm/s
    Widths of ablation lines as a function of scanning speed. (a) E⊥S; (b) E//S
    Parameters of CaF2 crystal in dynamic scanning case.(a)(b) Energy flux density threshold versus effective laser pulse number; (c)(d) widths of the ablation lines versus energy flux density
    • Table 1. Processing parameters for stationary focusing case and dynamic scanning case

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      Table 1. Processing parameters for stationary focusing case and dynamic scanning case

      Number of groupsSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Set 6Set 7Set 8
      Measured energy Em /μJ351015204060100
      Energy on sample Ep /μJ0.110.20.40.60.81.62.44
    • Table 2. Calculated results of effective radius, threshold of energy and energy flux density of ablation holes on the crystal surface obtained under different pulse numbers

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      Table 2. Calculated results of effective radius, threshold of energy and energy flux density of ablation holes on the crystal surface obtained under different pulse numbers

      Pulse number5102050100100010000
      ω /μm2.7602.9082.9943.0303.0743.1173.142
      Eth /μJ0.4110.4060.4050.4010.3970.3860.378
      Fth /(J·cm-2)3.4323.0612.8762.7752.6752.5292.438
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    Taiyong Guo, Limu Zhang, Yingying Ren, Yangjian Cai, Romero Carolina, R. Vazquez de Aldana Javier. Surface Characteristics of CaF2 Crystal Ablated by Femtosecond Laser[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2019, 39(1): 0126019

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    Paper Information

    Category: Physical Optics

    Received: Aug. 30, 2018

    Accepted: Oct. 18, 2018

    Published Online: May. 10, 2019

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    DOI:10.3788/AOS201939.0126019

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