Influence of laser irradiation condition on a femtosecond laser-assisted tomographic atom probe

Nishimura, Akihiko; Nogiwa, Kimihiro; Otobe, Tomohito; Okubo, Tadakatsu*; Hono, Kazuhiro*; Kondo, Keietsu; Yokoyama, Atsushi

Ultramicroscopy, 109(5), p.467 - 471, 2009/04

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2008.11.027

Influence of femtosecond laser pulse condition on the performance of an energy compensated tomographic atom probe (ECOTAP) was investigated. Chirping ratio for laser pulses was controlled by a compressor stage. We have succeeded to get tomographic images of oxide dispersion strengthen steel, which will be used as fast breeder reactors. The ECOTAP successfully observed that the instability of the femtosecond laser pulses make the mass peaks slightly sifted or broadened to higher mass number. To investigate insulator materials, numerical simulation of conductivity increase on diamond has been successfully demonstrated.