Extended-area nanostructuring of TiO2 with femtosecond laser pulses at 400 nm using a line focus
Extended-area nanostructuring of TiO2 with femtosecond laser pulses at 400 nm using a line focus
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DOI:
10.1088/0957-4484/21/15/155302
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发表时间:
2010-04-16
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3.5
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Grunwald, Ruediger
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作者:
Das, Susanta Kumar;Dasari, Kiran;Grunwald, Ruediger
An efficient way to generate nanoscale laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) in rutile-type TiO2 with frequency-converted femtosecond laser pulses at wavelengths around 400 nm is reported. Extended-area structuring on fixed and moving substrates was obtained by exploiting the line focus of a cylindrical lens. Under defined conditions with respect to pulse number, pulse energy and scanning velocity, two types of ripple-like LIPSS with high and low spatial frequencies (HSFL, LSFL) with periods in the range of 90 nm and 340 nm, respectively, were formed. In particular, lower numbers of high energetic pulses favour the generation of LSFL whereas higher numbers of lower energetic pulses enable the preferential creation of HSFL. Theoretical calculations on the basis of the Drude model support the assumption that refractive index changes by photo-excited carriers are a major mechanism responsible for LSFL. Furthermore, the appearance of random substructures as small as 30 nm superimposing low spatial frequency ripples is demonstrated and their possible origin is discussed.