An interfacial tracking method was developed to model rapid melting and resolidification of a freestanding metal film subject to an ultrashort laser pulse. The laser energy was deposited to the electrons near thin film surface, and subsequently diffused into a deeper part of the electron gas and transferred to the lattice. The energy equations for the electron and lattice were coupled through an electron-lattice coupling factor. Melting and resolidification were modeled by considering the interfacial energy balance and nucleation dynamics. An iterative solution procedure was employed to determine the elevated melting temperature and depressed solidification temperature in the ultrafast phase-change processes. The predicted surface lattice temperature, interfacial location, interfacial temperature, and interfacial velocity were compared with those obtained by an explicit enthalpy model. The effects of the electron thermal conductivity models, ballistic range, and laser fluence on the melting and resolidification were also investigated.
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An Interfacial Tracking Method for Ultrashort Pulse Laser Melting and Resolidification of a Thin Metal Film
Yuwen Zhang,
Yuwen Zhang
Associate Professor
Fellow ASME
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
e-mail: zhangyu@missouri.edu
University of Missouri-Columbia
, Columbia, MO 65211
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J. K. Chen
J. K. Chen
William and Nancy Thompson Professor
Mem. ASME
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
University of Missouri-Columbia
, Columbia, MO 65211
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Yuwen Zhang
Associate Professor
Fellow ASME
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
University of Missouri-Columbia
, Columbia, MO 65211e-mail: zhangyu@missouri.edu
J. K. Chen
William and Nancy Thompson Professor
Mem. ASME
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
University of Missouri-Columbia
, Columbia, MO 65211J. Heat Transfer. Jun 2008, 130(6): 062401 (10 pages)
Published Online: April 23, 2008
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Received:
December 29, 2006
Revised:
September 10, 2007
Published:
April 23, 2008
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Zhang, Y., and Chen, J. K. (April 23, 2008). "An Interfacial Tracking Method for Ultrashort Pulse Laser Melting and Resolidification of a Thin Metal Film." ASME. J. Heat Transfer. June 2008; 130(6): 062401. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2891159
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