Morphology of Meteorite Surfaces Ablated by High-Power Lasers: Review and Applications
Under controlled laboratory conditions, lasers represent a source of energy with well-defined parameters suitable for mimicking phenomena such as ablation, disintegration, and plasma formation processes that take place during the hypervelocity atmospheric entry of meteoroids. Furthermore, lasers hav...
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| author | Anna Křivková Vojtěch Laitl Elias Chatzitheodoridis Lukáš Petera Petr Kubelík Antonín Knížek Homa Saeidfirozeh Barbora Drtinová Václav Čuba Dan Páclík Tomáš Mocek Jan Brajer Jan Kaufman Martin Divoký Jakub Koukal Roman Dudžák Nikola Schmidt Petr Boháček Svatopluk Civiš Libor Lenža Miroslav Krůs Martin Ferus |
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| description | Under controlled laboratory conditions, lasers represent a source of energy with well-defined parameters suitable for mimicking phenomena such as ablation, disintegration, and plasma formation processes that take place during the hypervelocity atmospheric entry of meteoroids. Furthermore, lasers have also been proposed for employment in future space exploration and planetary defense in a wide range of potential applications. This highlights the importance of an experimental investigation of lasers’ interaction with real samples of interplanetary matter: meteorite specimens. We summarize the results of numerous meteorite laser ablation experiments performed by several laser sources—a femtosecond Ti:Sapphire laser, the multislab ceramic Yb:YAG Bivoj laser, and the iodine laser known as PALS (Prague Asterix Laser System). The differences in the ablation spots’ morphology and their dependence on the laser parameters are examined via optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and profilometry in the context of the meteorite properties and the physical characteristics of laser-induced plasma. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6175a878e6914493a103a563a32ac5152023-11-23T09:54:23ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172022-05-011210486910.3390/app12104869Morphology of Meteorite Surfaces Ablated by High-Power Lasers: Review and ApplicationsAnna Křivková0Vojtěch Laitl1Elias Chatzitheodoridis2Lukáš Petera3Petr Kubelík4Antonín Knížek5Homa Saeidfirozeh6Barbora Drtinová7Václav Čuba8Dan Páclík9Tomáš Mocek10Jan Brajer11Jan Kaufman12Martin Divoký13Jakub Koukal14Roman Dudžák15Nikola Schmidt16Petr Boháček17Svatopluk Civiš18Libor Lenža19Miroslav Krůs20Martin Ferus21J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 3, 182 23 Prague, Czech RepublicJ. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 3, 182 23 Prague, Czech RepublicSchool of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Heroon Polytechneiou Str., Zografou, 15780 Athens, GreeceJ. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 3, 182 23 Prague, Czech RepublicJ. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 3, 182 23 Prague, Czech RepublicJ. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 3, 182 23 Prague, Czech RepublicJ. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 3, 182 23 Prague, Czech RepublicFaculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Břehová 78/7, 115 19 Prague, Czech RepublicFaculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Břehová 78/7, 115 19 Prague, Czech RepublicKeyence International (BELGIUM) NV/SA, Na Hřebenech II 1718/10, 140 00 Prague, Czech RepublicCenter HiLASE, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Za Radnicí 828, 252 41 Dolní Břežany, Czech RepublicCenter HiLASE, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Za Radnicí 828, 252 41 Dolní Břežany, Czech RepublicFaculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Břehová 78/7, 115 19 Prague, Czech RepublicCenter HiLASE, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Za Radnicí 828, 252 41 Dolní Břežany, Czech RepublicValašské Meziříčí Observatory, Vsetínská 78, 757 01 Valašské Meziříčí, Czech RepublicInstitute of Plasma Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Za Slovankou 1782/3, 182 00 Prague, Czech RepublicCentre for Governance of Emerging Technologies, Institute of International Relations, Nerudova 257, 118 00 Prague, Czech RepublicCenter HiLASE, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Za Radnicí 828, 252 41 Dolní Břežany, Czech RepublicJ. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 3, 182 23 Prague, Czech RepublicJ. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 3, 182 23 Prague, Czech RepublicInstitute of Plasma Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Za Slovankou 1782/3, 182 00 Prague, Czech RepublicJ. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 3, 182 23 Prague, Czech RepublicUnder controlled laboratory conditions, lasers represent a source of energy with well-defined parameters suitable for mimicking phenomena such as ablation, disintegration, and plasma formation processes that take place during the hypervelocity atmospheric entry of meteoroids. Furthermore, lasers have also been proposed for employment in future space exploration and planetary defense in a wide range of potential applications. This highlights the importance of an experimental investigation of lasers’ interaction with real samples of interplanetary matter: meteorite specimens. We summarize the results of numerous meteorite laser ablation experiments performed by several laser sources—a femtosecond Ti:Sapphire laser, the multislab ceramic Yb:YAG Bivoj laser, and the iodine laser known as PALS (Prague Asterix Laser System). The differences in the ablation spots’ morphology and their dependence on the laser parameters are examined via optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and profilometry in the context of the meteorite properties and the physical characteristics of laser-induced plasma.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/10/4869meteoriteshigh-power laserlaser ablationlaser–matter interactionlaser-induced plasma |
| spellingShingle | Anna Křivková Vojtěch Laitl Elias Chatzitheodoridis Lukáš Petera Petr Kubelík Antonín Knížek Homa Saeidfirozeh Barbora Drtinová Václav Čuba Dan Páclík Tomáš Mocek Jan Brajer Jan Kaufman Martin Divoký Jakub Koukal Roman Dudžák Nikola Schmidt Petr Boháček Svatopluk Civiš Libor Lenža Miroslav Krůs Martin Ferus Morphology of Meteorite Surfaces Ablated by High-Power Lasers: Review and Applications Applied Sciences meteorites high-power laser laser ablation laser–matter interaction laser-induced plasma |
| title | Morphology of Meteorite Surfaces Ablated by High-Power Lasers: Review and Applications |
| title_full | Morphology of Meteorite Surfaces Ablated by High-Power Lasers: Review and Applications |
| title_fullStr | Morphology of Meteorite Surfaces Ablated by High-Power Lasers: Review and Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Morphology of Meteorite Surfaces Ablated by High-Power Lasers: Review and Applications |
| title_short | Morphology of Meteorite Surfaces Ablated by High-Power Lasers: Review and Applications |
| title_sort | morphology of meteorite surfaces ablated by high power lasers review and applications |
| topic | meteorites high-power laser laser ablation laser–matter interaction laser-induced plasma |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/10/4869 |
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