The Spectroscopical and Microstructural Investigations of Nanoclusters and Micron-Sized Periodic Structures Created at the Surface of the Crystal and Amorphous Silica by Resonant CO2 Laser Irradiation

A.F. Mukhamedgalieva; A.M. Bondar; I.M. Shvedov; M.A. Kononov; V.B. Laptev; N.N. Novikova

doi:10.1051/epjconf/201510306006

Proceedings

Open Access

EPJ Web of Conferences 103, 06006 (2015)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201510306006

The Spectroscopical and Microstructural Investigations of Nanoclusters and Micron-Sized Periodic Structures Created at the Surface of the Crystal and Amorphous Silica by Resonant CO₂ Laser Irradiation

A.F. Mukhamedgalieva¹^a, A.M. Bondar¹, I.M. Shvedov¹, M.A. Kononov², V.B. Laptev³ and N.N. Novikova³

¹ NITU MISiS.Moscow., Leninsky prospect 4, P.O. 119049, Moscow, Russia
² Institute of General Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences P.O. 119991, Moscow. Russia, Vavilov street 38
³ Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences P.O. 142190, Moscow, Troitsk, Russia

^a Corresponding author: anel-mggu@mail.ru

Published online: 25 September 2015

Abstract

The action of pulsed CO₂ laser radiation (pulse energy of 1 J, pulse time of 70 ns) at the surface of silica (crystal quartz and fused quartz ) have been investigated. By means of spectroscopical and microstructural investigations it has been established the appearrance of two kind of structures – periodical micron-sized structures with the period length close to wave length of CO₂ laser irradiation and nanoclusters with size close to 50-100 nanometers.

Key words: silica / CO₂ laser / nanoclusters

© Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2015

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.