The Observation of a transient surface morphology in the femtosecond laser ablation process by using the soft X-ray laser probe

Hasegawa, Noboru; Nishikino, Masaharu; Tomita, Takuro*; Onishi, Naofumi*; Ito, Atsushi*; Eyama, Tsuyoshi*; Kakimoto, Naoya*; Izutsu, Rui*; Minami, Yasuo*; Baba, Motoyoshi*; et al.

X-Ray Lasers and Coherent X-Ray Sources; Development and Applications XI (Proceedings of SPIE, Vol.9589), p.95890A_1 - 95890A_8, 2015/09

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2186744

We have improved a soft X-ray laser (SXRL) interferometer synchronized with a Ti:Sapphire laser pulse to observe the single-shot imaging of the nano-scaled structure dynamics of the laser induced materials. By the precise imaging optics and double time fiducial system having been installed, the lateral resolution on the sample surface and the precision of the temporal synchronization between the SXRL and Ti:Sapphire laser pulses were improved to be 700 nm and 2 ps, respectively. By using this system, the initial stage (before 200 ps) of the ablation process of the Pt surface pumped by 80 fs Ti:Sapphire laser pulse was observed by the comparison between the soft X-ray reflective image and interferogram. We have succeeded in the direct observation of the unique ablation process around the ablation threshold such as the rapid increase of the surface roughness and surface vibration.

Hydrodynamics driven by ultrashort laser pulse; Simulations and the optical pump - X-ray probe experiment

Inogamov, N. A.*; Zhakhovsky, V. V.*; Hasegawa, Noboru; Nishikino, Masaharu; Yamagiwa, Mitsuru; Ishino, Masahiko; Agranat, M. B.*; Ashitkov, S. I.*; Faenov, A. Y.*; Khokhlov, V. A.*; et al.

Applied Physics B, 119(3), p.413 - 419, 2015/06

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-015-6039-7

Submicron scale image observation with a grazing incidence reflection-type single-shot soft X-ray microscope

Baba, Motoyoshi*; Nishikino, Masaharu; Hasegawa, Noboru; Tomita, Takuro*; Minami, Yasuo*; Takei, Ryota*; Yamagiwa, Mitsuru; Kawachi, Tetsuya; Suemoto, Toru

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 53(8), p.080302_1 - 080302_4, 2014/08

https://doi.org/10.7567/JJAP.53.080302

A grazing incidence reflection-type soft X-ay microscope, using a Fresnel zone plate and a soft X-ray laser with wavelength 13.9 nm and pulse width 7 ps, was developed. Submicron size groove structures made on a Pt film were clearly captured at a single shot exposure, with spatial resolution of about 360 nm. A wide field view of 100 m square was secured under the Kohler illumination. This microscope also had a large depth of focus of more than 100 m and was proven to have a sufficient performance for observing surface morphological changes.

Observation of the laser-induced surface dynamics using the single-shot soft X-ray laser probe

Hasegawa, Noboru; Ochi, Yoshihiro; Kawachi, Tetsuya; Nishikino, Masaharu; Ishino, Masahiko; Imazono, Takashi; Kaihori, Takeshi; Morita, Toshimasa; Sasaki, Akira; Terakawa, Kota*; et al.

X-Ray Lasers 2012; Springer Proceedings in Physics, Vol.147, p.117 - 120, 2014/00

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00696-3_19

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. 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 probe beam has a non-linear relation with the pump laser fluence.

Measurement of femtosecond laser ablation by soft X-ray laser interferometory and reflective imaging

Nishikino, Masaharu; Hasegawa, Noboru; Ishino, Masahiko; Yamagiwa, Mitsuru; Kawachi, Tetsuya; Minami, Yasuo*; Terakawa, Kota*; Takei, Ryota*; Baba, Motoyoshi*; Suemoto, Toru; et al.

JAEA-Conf 2013-001, p.16 - 19, 2013/09

https://doi.org/10.11484/jaea-conf-2013-001

The dynamics of the femtosecond laser ablation is still not clear at the early stage. Several studies on the time-resolved imaging of femtosecond laser ablation process have been performed on various materials. In this study, we have demonstrated a pump and probe imaging of the metal surface morphology during the femtosecond laser ablation by using the laser-driven plasma induced soft X-ray laser (SXRL) as a probe beam. The pumping laser used for ablation was a Ti:Sapphire laser system based on chirped pulse amplification. The pump beam had a Gaussian profile and the focal spot size on the metal surface was about 70 micron at FWHM. The dependence for the pump laser fluence of the ablation surface expansion and the surface condition (roughness and density gradient) were observed from the soft X-ray interferogram and reflective image, respectively.

Observation of the femto-second laser ablation on metal surface using X-ray laser, 2

Nishikino, Masaharu; Hasegawa, Noboru; Tomita, Takuro*; Eyama, Tsuyoshi*; Kakimoto, Naoya*; Onishi, Naofumi*; Hatomi, Daiki*; Ito, Atsushi*; Minami, Yasuo*; Takei, Ryota*; et al.

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Time resolved observation of the femto-second laser ablation dynamics by using the soft X-ray probe

Hasegawa, Noboru; Nishikino, Masaharu; Tomita, Takuro*; Takei, Ryota*; Eyama, Tsuyoshi*; Kakimoto, Naoya*; Hatomi, Daiki*; Onishi, Naofumi*; Baba, Motoyoshi*; Kawachi, Tetsuya; et al.

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We have observed the temporal evolution of the femto-second laser irradiated metal surface by using the soft X-ray laser probe at the wavelength of 13.9 nm. The initial dynamics of the fs-laser ablation is quite rapid ( a few ps) and the dynamics of the laser processing is kept for a long time. We have developed a new pump and probe system to measure these phenomena by the same set-up. By using this system, we have succeeded to obtain the temporal evolution of the ablation front exfoliated from the laser ablated gold surface.

Observation of Weakly Excited Ablation Dynamics with Femtosecond Laser by using Time-Resolved Soft X-ray Imaging Technique

Nishikino, Masaharu; Hasegawa, Noboru; Eyama, Tsuyoshi*; Kakimoto, Naoya*; Tomita, Takuro*; Hatomi, Daiki*; Onishi, Naofumi*; Ito, Atsushi*; Minami, Yasuo*; Baba, Motoyoshi*; et al.

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The dynamical process of laser-induced surface modification such as the laser ablation comes to attract much attention for the micro processing by the ultra-short laser pulse. In order to observe the surface morphological change during the fs laser ablation process with a weakly excitation, we have developed soft X-ray interferometer and reflectometer system. Weakly excited ablation processes of the gold (Au) films are investigated by using single shot pump and probe imaging technique, using a Ti:Sapphire laser pulse with the duration of 80 fs pulse at a central wavelength of 795 nm for the pumping of ablation and the laser-driven soft X-ray laser at the wavelength of 13.9 nm for the probe. We discuss the scenario of the weakly excited femtosecond laser ablation of the gold surface. The numerical simulation study of the fs laser ablation process is underway by using a parallel molecular dynamics code.

A Study of the femto-second laser ablation process in metals by using a soft X-ray laser probe

Hasegawa, Noboru; Nishikino, Masaharu; Kawachi, Tetsuya; Yamagiwa, Mitsuru; Tomita, Takuro*; Suemoto, Toru; Onishi, Naofumi*; Ito, Atsushi*; Baba, Motoyoshi*; Minami, Yasuo*

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We have succeeded in simultaneous observation of temporal evolution of two different surfaces of the femto-second laser ablation process of metals (Au) by using the soft X-ray laser probe. The ablation front with a solid or the liquid surface and the expansion front with thin film structure were observed from the results of the soft X-ray interferogram, reflective imaging and shadowgraph. The expansion front separated from the ablation front was thin, dense and smooth so as to work as the beam splitter for the soft X-rays at the time within 1 ns after the laser irradiation. The expansion front that included almost all of the mass of the crater inside was kept at the time around 1 microsecond, and the height of that reached over 100 micron. From these results, the ablation front gradually becomes vapor while maintaining a clear and smooth expansion front.

Source development of plasma-based soft X-ray laser and the applications for probing nano-scale dynamics of laser ablation

Kawachi, Tetsuya; Nishikino, Masaharu; Hasegawa, Noboru; Minami, Yasuo*; Baba, Motoyoshi*; Yamagiwa, Mitsuru; Kondo, Kiminori; Inogamov, N. A.*; Zakhovsky, V.*; Faenov, A. Y.*; et al.

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