Morphology and chemical composition analysis on multi-pulsed CO2 laser ablation of HgCdTe crystals

Wei Tang; Jin Guo; Jun-feng Shao; Ting-feng Wang

doi:10.1117/12.2032884

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17 September 2013 Morphology and chemical composition analysis on multi-pulsed CO₂ laser ablation of HgCdTe crystals

Wei Tang, Jin Guo, Jun-feng Shao, Ting-feng Wang

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Proceedings Volume 8904, International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2013: High Power Lasers and Applications; 89040L (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2032884
Event: ISPDI 2013 - Fifth International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging, 2013, Beijing, China

Abstract

In order to study deeply damage mechanism of HgCdTe crystal irradiated by multi-pulsed CO₂ laser and obtain the characteristics of surface morphological and chemical composition changes. Firstly, Irradiation effect experiment is conducted on the Hg_0.826Cd_0.174Te crystal by pulsed CO₂ laser, which has a pulse width of 200ns and repetition frequency ranges from 1 Hz to 100 kHz. Then morphological and chemical composition changes of Hg_0.826Cd_0.174Te crystal is measured by field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) and damage threshold is obtained by morphology method. Finally, the impact of laser power density on morphological and chemical composition changes is analyzed. The research results show that: damage threshold of Hg_0.826Cd_0.174Te crystal which is irradiated by multi-pulsed CO₂ laser is 950 W/cm². The crystal surface melting phenomenon is very obvious, the obvious crack which is caused by thermal stress is not found in the surface, and a large number of bulges and pits are taken shape in the laser ablation zone. Chemical composition changes of the crystal are obvious, and a lot of O element is found in the laser ablation zone. With the increase of laser irradiation power, the content of Hg element decrease rapidly, the content of Cd, Te and O element raise by degrees, and chemical composition changes of the crystal are more and more obvious. When the irradiation power density is 1.8kW/cm², the surface becomes smooth in the ablation zone due to the impact of laser impulse force, and the content of the chemical compositions is that Hg accounts for 0.23%, Cd accounts for 21.38%, Te accounts for 26.27%, and O accounts for 52.12%. The conclusions of the study have a reference value for the Hg_0.826Cd_0.174Tecrystal in the application of making infrared detector and pulsed CO₂ laser in the aspect of laser processing.

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Wei Tang, Jin Guo, Jun-feng Shao, and Ting-feng Wang "Morphology and chemical composition analysis on multi-pulsed CO₂ laser ablation of HgCdTe crystals", Proc. SPIE 8904, International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2013: High Power Lasers and Applications, 89040L (17 September 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2032884

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