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Low and high repetition frequency femtosecond lasers processing of tungsten-based thin film

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 October 2014

B. Gaković ,
S. Petrović ,
A. Krmpot ,
D. Pantelić ,
B. Jelenković ,
E. Stratakis  and
C. Fotakis
B. Gaković*
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Science Vinča, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
S. Petrović
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Science Vinča, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
A. Krmpot
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
D. Pantelić
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
B. Jelenković
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
E. Stratakis
Affiliation:
Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology–Hellas, Heraklion, Greece Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Crete, Greece
C. Fotakis
Affiliation:
Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology–Hellas, Heraklion, Greece Department of Physics, University of Crete, Crete, Greece
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Biljana Gakovic, Institute of Nuclear Science-Vinča, University of Belgrade, P.O. Box 522, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

In this work we reported low and high repetition frequency femtosecond laser-induced modifications of tungsten-based thin film. The tungsten-titanium (WTi) thin film, thickness of 190 nm, was deposited by sputtering on single crystal Si (100) wafer. Irradiations were performed in air by linearly polarized and focused femtosecond laser beams with following parameters: (1) pulse duration 160 fs, wavelength 800 nm, laser repetition frequency (LRF) 75 MHz — high LRF, and (2) duration 40 fs, wavelength 800 nm, LRF of 1 kHz — low LRF. The results of femtosecond lasers processing of the WTi thin film revealed laser induced periodical surface structures (LIPSS) in the case of low LRF regime. LIPSSs were formed with different periodicity and different orientation to the laser polarization at the surface: micro-scale LIPSSs with orientation perpendicular to the laser polarization and nano-scale LIPSSs parallel and perpendicular to the laser polarization. After processing of the WTi/Si system in high LRF regime ablation and nano-particles formation were registered.

Keywords

EDXFemtosecond laserLaser ablationlaser repetition frequencyLIPSSSEMSurface modificationThin films
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , December 2014 , pp. 613 - 619
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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