Scaling laws of femtosecond laser pulse induced breakdown in oxide films

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  • Mark Mero
  • Jing Jin Liu
  • Wolfgang Rudolph
  • Detlev Ristau
  • Kai Starke

Externe Organisationen

  • University of New Mexico
  • Fudan University
  • Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer115109
FachzeitschriftPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Jahrgang71
Ausgabenummer11
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 15 März 2005
Extern publiziertJa

Abstract

The scaling of the single-pulse laser threshold fluence for dielectric breakdown with respect to pulse duration and material band gap energy was investigated in the subpicosecond pulse regime using oxide films (TiO 2, Ta 2O 5, HfO 2, Al 2O 3, and SiO 2). A phenomenological model attributes the pulse duration dependence to the interplay of multiphoton ionization, impact ionization, and subpicosecond electron decay out of the conduction band. The observed linear scaling of the breakdown fluence with band gap energy can be explained within the framework of this model by invoking the band gap dependence of the multiphoton absorption coefficient from Keldysh photoionization theory. The power exponent κ of the observed dependence of the breakdown threshold fluence F th on pulse duration τ p, F thα τ p κ, is independent of the material and is attributed to photoionization seeded avalanche ionization.

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Scaling laws of femtosecond laser pulse induced breakdown in oxide films. / Mero, Mark; Liu, Jing Jin; Rudolph, Wolfgang et al.
in: Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Jahrgang 71, Nr. 11, 115109, 15.03.2005.

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Mero M, Liu JJ, Rudolph W, Ristau D, Starke K. Scaling laws of femtosecond laser pulse induced breakdown in oxide films. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 2005 Mär 15;71(11):115109. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.115109
Mero, Mark ; Liu, Jing Jin ; Rudolph, Wolfgang et al. / Scaling laws of femtosecond laser pulse induced breakdown in oxide films. in: Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 2005 ; Jahrgang 71, Nr. 11.
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