Effect of the ellipticity of an inducing beam on the thermocapillary response

A thermocapillary depression is induced by a He-Ne laser beam in a plane-parallel layer of a transparent liquid on an absorbing substrate. The thermocapillary response is investigated as a function of the laser beam ellipticity, the laser power, and the layer thickness. (C) 2003 MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica.