Dependence on the local fluence of soft X-ray reflection during the process of the femto second laser ablation, 1

Nishikino, Masaharu; Hasegawa, Noboru; Tomita, Takuro*; Minami, Yasuo*; Takei, Ryota*; Onishi, Ryo*; Ishino, Masahiko; Yamamoto, Minoru*; Terakawa, Kota*; Kaihori, Takeshi; Kawachi, Tetsuya; Yamagiwa, Mitsuru; Suemoto, Toru

To improve the femtosecond laser processing technique more accurate and controllable, the knowledge about the laser ablation process is important. In order to understand the dynamics of the femtosecond laser ablation process, we performed a pump and probe reflectivity imaging of the platinum surface during the femtosecond laser ablation by using the laser-driven soft X-ray laser as a probe beam. The fluence dependence of the soft X-ray reflectivity is classified into three regions: (1) strongly excited, (2) moderately excited, and (3) weakly excited regions. In strongly excited region, the rapid reduction of the reflectivity due to the explosive evaporation in the ablation process of the material surface was observed. In the moderately excited region, the reflectivity reduction is far slower than that in the strongly excited region.