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A molecular dynamics model is applied to study the formation and the early stages of ejection of material in ultra-short laser ablation of metals in vacuum. Simulations of the ablation process for iron at a pulse duration of 0.1 ps and at different laser fluences are performed. Different features of the ejection mechanism are observed below, near, and above the ablation threshold. The last is estimated as approximately 0.1 J/cm2. The structure of the ablated material is found to depend on the applied laser fluence. The expanded plume consists mainly of large clusters at fluences near to the threshold. With the increase of the laser fluence the presence of the large clusters decreases. Clear spatial segregation of species with different sizes is observed in the direction normal to the surface several tens of picoseconds after the laser pulse onset. The angular distribution of the ejected material is estimated for different regimes of material removal. Above the ablation threshold the distribution is forward peaking.
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Nedialkov, N., Atanasov, P., Imamova, S. et al. Dynamics of the ejected material in ultra-short laser ablation of metals. Appl. Phys. A 79, 1121–1125 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-004-2659-1
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