The KH2PO4 crystal is a key component in optical systems of inertial confinement fusion （ICF）. The microwaviness on a KH2PO4 crystal surface is strongly related to its damage threshold which is a key parameter for application. To study the laser induced damage mechanism caused by microwaviness, in this paper the near-field modulation properties of microwaviness to the incident wave are discussed by the Fourier modal method. Research results indicate that the microwaviness on the machined surface will distort the incident wave and thus lead to non-uniform distribution of the light intensity inside the crystal; in a common range of microwaviness amplitude, the light intensity modulation degree increases about 0.03 whenever the microwaviness amplitude increases 10 nm; 1 order diffraction efficiencies are the key factors responsible for light intensity modulation inside the crystal; the light intensity modulation is just around the microwaviness in the form of an evanescent wave, not inside the crystal when the microwaviness period is below 0.712μm; light intensity modulation degree has two extreme points in microwaviness periods of 1.064μm and 1.6μm, remains unchanged between periods of 3μm and 150μm, and descends above the period of 150μm to 920μm.
Large scale molecular dynamics simulations of nanomachining and stretching of single crystal copper are performed to analyze the machining process’ influence on the material’s mechanical properties. The simulation results show that the machining process will introduce interfacial defects inside the specimen and enhance the compressive stress beneath the surface. Gener- ally speaking, interfacial defects lead to the decrease of the strength limit, while residue compressive stress can enhance the elastic limit and even the strength limit. Various machining parameters are adopted to investigate their influence on the me- chanical behavior of machined specimen. Lower cutting speed and smaller cutting depth lead to less defects and greater residue compressive stress, which brings about better mechanical properties. The elastic limit increases by 36.8% under the cutting depth of 0.73 nm and decreases by 21.1% under the cutting depth of 1.46 nm. The strength limit increases by 7.7% under the cutting speed of 100 m/s and decreases by 28.2% under the cutting speed of 300 m/s.
CHEN MingJun, XIAO GaoBo, CHEN JiaXuan & WU ChunYa Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
