Observation of the local fluence dependence of the femto-second laser ablation dynamics by using the soft X-ray laser reflective imaging

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

We have developed the femto-second laser pump and soft X-ray laser probe system in order to observe the dynamical processes of the femto-second laser ablation. The soft X-ray is the most suitable light source for observing the solid surface morphology irradiated by ultra-short pulse laser. It is because that; (1) the critical electron density of the plasmas for the SXRL is much higher than that of optical lasers. (2) the penetration depth of SXRL is much smaller than that of hard X-ray. By using this system, we succeed to obtain the temporal evolution of the soft X-ray reflectivity from the laser induced Pt surface. The results lead that the rate of decrease in the reflectivity of the soft X-ray has a non-linear relation with the pump laser fluence.