@article{30a43896dcef430f866b7c0e09d6b5c6,
title = "Observation of laser-induced surface waves on flat silicon surface",
abstract = "We found that irradiation by a single femtosecond laser pulse produced a surface wave structure on a (100) silicon surface. The surface wave structure bearing a concentric shape was produced only in the edge regions in the direction of the electric field from the center. The increase in the number of irradiating pulses allowed the concentric structure gradually to align perpendicularly to the laser beam's electric field. The period of the surface wave structure was nearly equal to the wavelength of the irradiating laser pulse. In this accord, we propose that this structure is a precursor of ripple formation.",
author = "Takuro Tomita and Yasuhiro Fukumori and Keita Kinoshita and Shigeki Matsuo and Shuichi Hashimoto",
note = "Funding Information: We thank M. Yamaguchi of the Technical Research Institute Japan Society for The Promotion of Machine Industry for his fruitful discussion. We are grateful to the financial support provided by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology through a Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (No. 17760056), and a project research grant from the Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokushima. Copyright: Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1063/1.2828983",
language = "English",
volume = "92",
journal = "Applied Physics Letters",
issn = "0003-6951",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics Publising LLC",
number = "1",
}