• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 7, Issue 11, 1249 (2019)
Carlos Doñate-Buendía, Mercedes Fernández-Alonso, Jesús Lancis, and Gladys Mínguez-Vega*
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  • GROC·UJI, Institute of New Imaging Technologies, Universitat Jaume I, Avda. Sos Baynat sn, 12071 Castellón, Spain
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    Carlos Doñate-Buendía, Mercedes Fernández-Alonso, Jesús Lancis, Gladys Mínguez-Vega. Overcoming the barrier of nanoparticle production by femtosecond laser ablation in liquids using simultaneous spatial and temporal focusing[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(11): 1249 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    There exists an increasing demand of industrial-scale production of high-purity ligand-free nanoparticles due to the continuous development of biomedicine, catalysis, and energy applications. In this contribution, a simultaneous spatial and temporal focusing (SSTF) setup is first proposed for increasing nanoparticle productivity of the eco-friendly pulsed laser ablation in liquids (PLAL) technique. In spite of the fact that femtosecond pulses have proved to achieve higher ablation rates in air than picosecond pulses, in PLAL this is reversed due to the nonlinear energy losses in the liquid. However, thanks to the incorporation of SSTF, the energy delivered to the target is increased up to 70%, which leads to a nanoparticle production increase of a 2.4 factor. This breaks a barrier toward the employment of femtosecond lasers in high-efficiency PLAL.
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    Carlos Doñate-Buendía, Mercedes Fernández-Alonso, Jesús Lancis, Gladys Mínguez-Vega. Overcoming the barrier of nanoparticle production by femtosecond laser ablation in liquids using simultaneous spatial and temporal focusing[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(11): 1249
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