XPS and SIMS study of aluminium native oxide modifications induced by Q-switched Nd:YAG laser treatment

Publié suite au congrès ECASIA: 11th European Conference on Applications of Surface and Interface Analysis, 25-30 September 2005, Vienna, Austria; International audience; During laser cleaning of aluminium in ambient atmosphere, modifications of the metal surface can be induced by transient thermal effects. This work aims to characterize the modification of the aluminium oxide layer on pure aluminium for a wide range of power per area using a Q-switched Nd :YAG (1064 nm) laser with two pulse durations, 10 and 180 ns. Experiments were carried out with single laser shots in ambient air at fluences (e.g. energy per area) below the ablation regime. For 10-ns pulses with fluences between 0.7 and…