title: Generation and erasure of femtosecond laser-induced periodic surface structures on nanoparticle-covered silicon by a single laser pulse.
abstract: We experimentally show that the generation and erasure of femtosecond laser-induced periodic surface structures on nanoparticle-covered silicon inducted by irradiation with a single laser pulse (800 nm, 120 fs, linear polarization) depend on the pulse fluence. We propose that this is due to competition between periodic surface structuring originating from the interference of incident light with surface plasmon polaritons and surface smoothing associated with surface melting. Experimental results are supported by theoretical analysis of transient surface modifications based on combining the two-temperature model and the Drude model.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Zhandong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Baiquan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Jianghong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Irena
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Drevensek-Olenik
authors.forename: Jingjun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu