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Ultrafast dynamics of non-equilibrium electrons and strain generation under femtosecond laser irradiation of Nickel

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We present a theoretical study of the ultrafast electron dynamics in transition metals of large electron–phonon coupling constant using ultrashort pulsed laser beams. The significant influence of the dynamics of produced nonthermal electrons to electron thermalisation and electron–phonon interaction is thoroughly investigated for various values of the pulse duration (i.e., from 10 fs to 2.3 ps). The model correlates the role of nonthermal electrons, relaxation processes and induced stress–strain fields. Simulations are presented by choosing Nickel (Ni) as a test material to compute electron–phonon relaxation time due to its large electron–phonon coupling constant. We demonstrate that the consideration of the aforementioned factors leads to significant changes compared to the results the traditional two-temperature model provides. The proposed model predicts a substantially (~ 33%) smaller damage threshold and a large increase of the stress (~ 20%, at early times) which first underlines the role of the nonthermal electron interactions and second enhances its importance with respect to the precise determination of laser specifications in material micromachining techniques.

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G.D.T acknowledges financial support from LiNaBioFluid (funded by EU’s H2020 framework programme for research and innovation under Grant Agreement No. 665337) and Nanoscience Foundries and Fine Analysis (NFFA)–Europe H2020-INFRAIA-2014-2015 (under Grant Agreement No. 654360).

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Tsibidis, G.D. Ultrafast dynamics of non-equilibrium electrons and strain generation under femtosecond laser irradiation of Nickel. Appl. Phys. A 124, 311 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-018-1704-4

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