Numerical Modeling of Melting Process of Thin Metal Films Subjected to the Short Laser Pulse

Abstract

Thin metal film subjected to a short-pulse laser heating is considered. The parabolic two-temperature model describing the temporal and spatial evolution of the lattice and electrons temperatures is discussed and the melting process of thin layer is taken into account. At the stage of numerical computations the finite difference method is used. In the final part of the paper the examples of computations are shown. © 2012, Versita. All rights reserved.