Journal
MATERIALS
Volume 15, Issue 21, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma15217468
Keywords
laser-induced periodic surface structures; LIPSS; debris redeposition; high repetition rate; femtosecond laser
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Funding
- European Commission [H2020-FETOPEN-2014-2015RIA, 665337]
- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [TEC2017-82464-R, PiD2020-112770RB-C21]
- European Commission through the Marie Curie Individual Fellowship-Global Grant [844977]
- Marie Curie Actions (MSCA) [844977] Funding Source: Marie Curie Actions (MSCA)
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This study investigates the fabrication of low spatial frequency LIPSS on commercially available steel using femtosecond lasers with varying pulse repetition rates. The morphology of laser-structured areas and redeposited debris was characterized, and a heat accumulation model was developed to identify ranges of repetition rates where heat accumulation occurs. Contact angle measurements with water demonstrated the influence of heat accumulation and debris on wetting behavior.
The fabrication of laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) over extended areas at high processing speeds requires the use of high repetition rate femtosecond lasers. It is known that industrially relevant materials such as steel experience heat accumulation when irradiated at repetition rates above some hundreds of kHz, and significant debris redeposition can take place. However, there are few studies on how the laser repetition rate influences both the debris deposition and the final LIPSS morphology. In this work, we present a study of fs laser-induced fabrication of low spatial frequency LIPSS (LSFL), with pulse repetition rates ranging from 10 kHz to 2 MHz on commercially available steel. The morphology of the laser-structured areas as well as the redeposited debris was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and mu-Raman spectroscopy. To identify repetition rate ranges where heat accumulation is present during the irradiations, we developed a simple heat accumulation model that solves the heat equation in 1 dimension implementing a Forward differencing in Time and Central differencing in Space (FTCS) scheme. Contact angle measurements with water demonstrated the influence of heat accumulation and debris on the functional wetting behavior. The findings are directly relevant for the processing of metals using high repetition rate femtosecond lasers, enabling the identification of optimum conditions in terms of desired morphology, functionality, and throughput.
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