Abstract
We present a model describing the dynamical mechanisms responsible for generating fast ion ejection under ultra-short pulsed laser irradiation. The model is based on a simplified drift-diffusion approach describing the evolution of the laser-generated charge carriers, their transport, and the electric field generated as a result of quasi-neutrality breaking in the irradiated target. The importance of different processes in generating the non-thermal material-ejection mechanisms is discussed. A common frame is applied to dielectrics, semiconductors, and metals and different dynamical behaviour is observed. The modelling results are in good agreement with fs pump-probe studies and measurements of the velocity distributions of the emitted ions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1153-1155 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue number | 4-6 |
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| State | Published - 2004 |