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Observation of laser-induced stress waves and mechanism of structural changes inside rock-salt crystals

Observation of laser-induced stress waves and mechanism of structural changes inside rock-salt crystals
Observation of laser-induced stress waves and mechanism of structural changes inside rock-salt crystals
The structural changes inside rock-salt crystals after femtosecond (fs) laser irradiation are investigated using a microscopic pump-probe technique and an elastic simulation. The pump-probe imaging shows that a squircle-shaped stress wave is generated after the fs laser irradiation as a result of the relaxation of thermal stress in the photoexcited region. Pump-probe crossed-Nicols imaging and elastic simulation elucidate that shear stresses and tensile stresses are concentrated in specific regions during the propagation of the stress wave. The shear stresses and tensile stresses observed in this study can explain the characteristic laser-induced structural changes inside rock-salt crystals.
1094-4087
17780-17789
Sakakura, Masaaki
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Tochio, Takaya
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Kanehira, Shingo
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Nishi, Masayuki
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Sakakura, Masaaki, Tochio, Takaya, Eida, Masaaki, Shimotsuma, Yasuhiko, Kanehira, Shingo, Nishi, Masayuki, Miura, Kiyotaka and Hirao, Kazuyuki (2011) Observation of laser-induced stress waves and mechanism of structural changes inside rock-salt crystals. Optics Express, 19 (18), 17780-17789. (doi:10.1364/OE.19.017780).

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Abstract

The structural changes inside rock-salt crystals after femtosecond (fs) laser irradiation are investigated using a microscopic pump-probe technique and an elastic simulation. The pump-probe imaging shows that a squircle-shaped stress wave is generated after the fs laser irradiation as a result of the relaxation of thermal stress in the photoexcited region. Pump-probe crossed-Nicols imaging and elastic simulation elucidate that shear stresses and tensile stresses are concentrated in specific regions during the propagation of the stress wave. The shear stresses and tensile stresses observed in this study can explain the characteristic laser-induced structural changes inside rock-salt crystals.

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Published date: 29 August 2011
Additional Information: No Southampton authors at time of publication

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Local EPrints ID: 431149
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/431149
ISSN: 1094-4087
PURE UUID: acce5d35-815a-43b0-9e5a-56ff2105d834

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Author: Masaaki Sakakura
Author: Takaya Tochio
Author: Masaaki Eida
Author: Yasuhiko Shimotsuma
Author: Shingo Kanehira
Author: Masayuki Nishi
Author: Kiyotaka Miura
Author: Kazuyuki Hirao

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