Modeling of laser-induced ionization of solid dielectrics for ablation simulations: role of effective mass

Vitaly Gruzdev

doi:10.1117/12.869760

2 December 2010 Modeling of laser-induced ionization of solid dielectrics for ablation simulations: role of effective mass

Vitaly Gruzdev

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Proceedings Volume 7842, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2010; 784216 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.869760
Event: Laser Damage Symposium XLII: Annual Symposium on Optical Materials for High Power Lasers, 2010, Boulder, Colorado, United States

Abstract

Modeling of laser-induced ionization and heating of conduction-band electrons by laser radiation frequently serves as a basis for simulations supporting experimental studies of laser-induced ablation and damage of solid dielectrics. Together with band gap and electron-particle collision rate, effective electron mass is one of material parameters employed for the ionization modeling. Exact value of the effective mass is not known for many materials frequently utilized in experiments, e.g., fused silica and glasses. Because of that reason, value of the effective mass is arbitrary varied around "reasonable values" for the ionization modeling. In fact, it is utilized as a fitting parameter to fit experimental data on dependence of ablation or damage threshold on laser parameters. In this connection, we study how strong is the influence of variations of the effective mass on the value of conduction-band electron density. We consider influence of the effective mass on the photo-ionization rate and rate of impact ionization. In particular, it is shown that the photo-ionization rate can vary by 2-4 orders of magnitude with variation of effective mass by 50%. Impact ionization shows a much weaker dependence on effective mass, but it significantly enhances the variations of seed-electron density produced by the photo-ionization. Utilizing those results, we demonstrate that variation of effective mass by 50% produces variations of conduction-band electron density by 6 orders of magnitude. In this connection, we discuss the general issues of the current models of laser-induced ionization.

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Vitaly Gruzdev "Modeling of laser-induced ionization of solid dielectrics for ablation simulations: role of effective mass", Proc. SPIE 7842, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2010, 784216 (2 December 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.869760

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