Abstract
A user-friendly, personal computer-based routine called SLIM (simulation of laser interaction with materials) has been developed to elucidate the nonequilibrium effects of short, high-intensity laser pulses on different materials. By employing an implicit finite-difference scheme with varying spatial- and temporal-node dimensions, the time-dependent thermal history of laser-irradiated material can be determined quickly and accurately. The program can account for the temperature-dependent optical and thermal properties of the solid, time-dependent laser pulse intensity, and formation and propagation of the melt and/or vaporization interfaces induced by intense laser irradiation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 20-23 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | JOM |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 1992 |
| Externally published | Yes |