Optical anisotropy of laser-induced graphene films

•Controlled formation of laser-induced graphene by continuous CO2 laser line scanning.•Laser-induced graphene morphology depends on laser beam diameter and line spacing.•Diffusely scattered light in laser-induced graphene exhibits anisotropy.•Anisotropy is caused by particularly oriented light-refle...

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Published in:Optics and laser technology 2021-09, Vol.141, p.107143, Article 107143
Main Authors: Mikheev, K.G., Zonov, R.G., Mogileva, T.N., Fateev, A.E., Mikheev, G.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anisotropy
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide lasers
Diameters
Electron emission
Graphene
Homogeneous structure
Laser applications
Laser beams
Laser-induced graphene
Lasers
Morphology
Optical anisotropy
Polyimide film
Pulsed lasers
Pyrolysis
Scanning
Surface layers
Synthesis
Thickness
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Summary:•Controlled formation of laser-induced graphene by continuous CO2 laser line scanning.•Laser-induced graphene morphology depends on laser beam diameter and line spacing.•Diffusely scattered light in laser-induced graphene exhibits anisotropy.•Anisotropy is caused by particularly oriented light-reflecting carbon flakes. Films of laser-induced graphene (LIG) were obtained by line-by-line scanning of a cw CO2 laser beam over the surface of a polyimide (PI) film. It was found that the formation of a LIG layer with a thickness of about 60 μm occurs due to the pyrolysis of a thin surface layer of a PI film with a thickness of about 15 μm. The morphology of the synthesized film structure is shown to be significantly affected by the ratio between the laser beam diameter and the distance between the lines along which the laser beam moves. In the synthesized film structures, oriented light-reflecting carbon flakes have been found, which lead to the anisotropy of diffusely scattered light in the plane perpendicular to the plane of light incidence on the film. The observed phenomenon is characteristic of LIG synthesized with a cw laser, which provides a more homogeneous structure of graphene along the scanning line of the laser beam, compared to the graphene obtained with a repetitively pulsed laser. Our findings may help in the analysis of line-by-line cw laser scanning synthesized LIG and in the formation of film structures based on LIG for cold field electron emission technology.
ISSN:0030-3992
1879-2545
DOI:10.1016/j.optlastec.2021.107143