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Personal computer-based simulation of laser interactions with materials

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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.

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  1. University of Florida, USA

    Rajiv K. Singh Ph.D. (currently an assistant professor of materials science and engineering) & John Viatella B.S. (currently a graduate student, member of TMS)

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Singh, R.K., Viatella, J. Personal computer-based simulation of laser interactions with materials. JOM 44, 20–23 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03222787

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