THE ROLE OF SINGLE-PULSE NANOMORPHOLOGY IN THE FORMATION OF LASER PERIODIC SURFACE STRUCTURES (LIPSS) ON METALLIC SURFACES
This study investigates the role of nanomorphology formed after the first laser pulse in the generation of laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS, or "ripples") on metals. Aluminum and stainless steel (AISI 304) were selected as reference materials under irradiation parameters of 515 fs and 1040 nm. It is demonstrated that in stainless steel the surface remains smooth following the first pulse, enabling a well-defined HSFL→LSFL transition, whereas in aluminum the pronounced spiky nanostructures formed after the initial pulse suppress surface plasmon-polariton (SPP) propagation and inhibit LIPSS formation entirely. The findings are corroborated by finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations and two-temperature model (TTM) calculations.
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