Published In

Journal of Applied Physics

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-1-1993

Subjects

Liquid films -- Testing, Nanotechnology, Nanostructured materials

Abstract

The explosion or rapid vaporization of a liquid film on an opaque surface by a pulsed laser is studied experimentally. Using a probe-beam deflection sensing (PDS) scheme, together with a previously developed transmission monitor, the distortion of the PDS signal due to the generation of shock waves by the exploding liquid is investigated. Various liquids, including alcohols and pure water in contact with substrates such as polyimide, amorphous carbon, and silicon, are studied for a wide range of excimer laser fluences. It is concluded that the present PDS technique is highly sensitive to the explosion threshold.

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Copyright (1993) American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.354853.

DOI

10.1063/1.354853

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/7718

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