Abstract

An initial roughness is assumed in the most accepted Sipe-Drude model to analyze laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS). However, the direct experimental observation for the crucial parameters is still lacking. The generation of nanoparticles and low-spatial frequency LIPSS (LSFL) (LIPSS with a periodicity close to laser wavelength) on a silicon surface upon a single pulse and subsequent pulses irradiation, respectively, is observed experimentally. Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulation indicates that the nanoparticles generated with the first pulse enhance the local electric field greatly. Based on the experimental extrapolated parameters, FDTD-$\eta$ maps have been calculated. The results show that the inhomogeneous energy deposition, which leads to the formation of LSFL, is mainly from the modulation of the nanoparticles with a radius of around 100 nm.

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