The Mechanism of Formation of Nanostructures of Hexagonal Symmetry on Surfaces of Metals by a Sequence of Doubled Ultrashort Pulses of Radiation of Orthogonal Polarization

Recent experimental results on formation of ordered surface nanostructures of hexagonal symmetry on metals under the action of a series of scanned doubled collinear femtosecond pulses of orthogonal polarization and variable time delay are analyzed. It is demonstrated that the appearance of structure...

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Published in:Optics and spectroscopy 2020-02, Vol.128 (2), p.264-268
Main Authors: Makin, V. S., Pestov, Yu. I., Makin, R. S.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Femtosecond pulses
Lasers
Nanostructure
Optical Devices
Optics
Optics of Surfaces and Interfaces
Photonics
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Polaritons
Polarization
Symmetry
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Summary:Recent experimental results on formation of ordered surface nanostructures of hexagonal symmetry on metals under the action of a series of scanned doubled collinear femtosecond pulses of orthogonal polarization and variable time delay are analyzed. It is demonstrated that the appearance of structures is related to the formation of a dynamic grating by the first pulse and excitation of two pairs of surface plasmon–polaritons by the second pulse in directions symmetric with respect to its vector of polarization and forming an angle of π/3 with each other. This leads to the formation of corresponding dynamic gratings and fourfold degeneracy of the first grating. Three dynamic gratings symmetric with respect to the surface normal form a residual surface relief of hexagonal symmetry that can be observed experimentally.
ISSN:0030-400X
1562-6911
DOI:10.1134/S0030400X20020149