Ablation Animations
Animated sequences of snapshots from large-scale-three dimensional molecular dynamics simulations of laser ablation.
Thermal Confinement Regime, 150 ps laser pulses
Simulation at fluence that is 1.75 times the threshold for ablation
Simulation at fluence just above the threshold for ablation
Stress Confinement Regime, 15 ps laser pulses
Simulation at fluence that is 2.1 times the threshold for ablation
Simulation at fluence that is 1.2 times the threshold for ablation
Simulation at fluence just above the threshold for ablation
Simulation at fluence below the threshold for ablation
A detailed discussion of the simulations shown in this page is given in
[ L. V. Zhigilei and B. J. Garrison, Microscopic Mechanisms of Laser Ablation of
Organic Solids in the Thermal and Stress Confinement Irradiation Regimes, J. Appl.
Phys. 88, 1281-1298 (2000), Full Text: PDF].
