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Laser Energy Deposition at Sapphire Surfaces Studied by Pulsed Photothermal Deformation

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Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena

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Abstract

A surface deformation technique measures the energy deposited in sapphire surfaces irradiated by focused excimer laser light. The absorbed energy creates ≲3 electron-hole pairs/oxygen atom, consistent with a photochemical etching mechanism.

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  1. IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, P.O. Box 218, Yorktown Heights, NY, 10598, USA

    R. W. Dreyfus, F. A. McDonald & R. J. von Gutfeld

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  1. Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 253, D-6900, Heidelberg, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Peter Hess

  2. Institute of Experimental Physics, Ruhr University, Universitätsstr. 150, D-4630, Bochum, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Josef Pelzl

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Dreyfus, R.W., McDonald, F.A., von Gutfeld, R.J. (1988). Laser Energy Deposition at Sapphire Surfaces Studied by Pulsed Photothermal Deformation. In: Hess, P., Pelzl, J. (eds) Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 58. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48181-2_45

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