As a materials processing technique, laser ablation was utilized for the first time in the 1960's, after the first commercial ruby laser was invented. Nevertheless, as a thin film growth method it did not attract much research interest until the late 1980 ́s, when it has been used for growing high temperature superconductor films. Since then, the development of the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) ...

ZnO thin films of porous structure with strong c-axis orientation were deposited on n-type silicon substrate by pulsed laser ablation of ZnO target in low O2 pressure (around 0.03 mbar) and at 600C substrate temperature. We attribute the formation of nanopores and the crater-like formation to the high kinetic energy of the ablated particles. Photoluminescence spectra show the near band edge emi...

Epitaxial La0:6Sr0:4MnO3 (LSMO) thin films were grown by pulsed laser deposition. Relationships between magnetic properties of LSMO epitaxial thin films and ablation conditions such as ablated spot area and total incident laser energy in a pulsed laser deposition technique were studied. Ablated spot area was controlled by changing the focus lens position and total laser energy. Epitaxial growth...

TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) were produced via utilized nanosecond laser ablation of titanium in water. The description these NPs was employed utilizing XRD, SEM, and UV-VIS. Then, optoelectronic properties investigated a drop-casting on the Si wafer substrate. XRD results show formation anatase TiO2. SEM exhibits spherical shape with sizing changing from 5 nm to 50 nm. bandgap 3.6 eV which determi...

Laser ablation of Nickel, Copper, Molybdenum, Indium, Tungsten and Gold by short ultraviolet laser pulses (0.5 ps, 248 nm) in vacuum is reported for the first time. For Nickel and Indium, ablation is also studied in air to demonstrate the influence of the ambient atmosphere. Metal ablation in air is significantly less efficient than in vacuum due to redeposition of ablated material. The ablatio...

Using wires of defined diameters instead of a planar target for pulsed laser ablation in liquid results in significant increase of ablation efficiency and nanoparticle productivity up to a factor of 15. We identified several competitive phenomena based on thermal conductivity, reflectivity and cavitation bubble shape that affect the ablation efficiency when the geometry of the target is changed...

Enhancement of pulsed laser ablation can be achieved in acetic acid as an environmentally friendly liquid. This paper evaluates microholes and textured features induced by a nanosecond pulsed laser under different processing circumstances. The microholes are fabricated by laser drilling in acetic acid and found to be 100% deeper than in air. The textured features achieved in the liquid demonstr...