Thermal melting of solid materials induced by ultrafast laser pulse irradiation as explosively homogeneous nucleation

• Published in: Chemical physics letters Vol. 392; no. 4; pp. 415 - 418
• Main Authors: Wei, Jingsong, Sun, Zengrong, Zhang, Feng, Xu, Wendong, Wang, Yang, Zhou, Fei, Gan, Fuxi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 11.07.2004

By using the classical nucleation and growth dynamics to describe the melting process of superheated solid materials induced by ultrafast laser pulse irradiation, we found that the melting process of highly superheated solid materials is governed by explosively homogeneous nucleation. For the superh...