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Laser-induced, single droplet fragmentation dynamics revealed through megahertz x-ray microscopy

Reuter, Fabian ; Sato, Tokushi ; Bellucci, Valerio ; Birnsteinova, Sarlota ; Deiter, Carsten ; Koliyadu, Jayanath C.P. ; Letrun, Romain ; Villanueva-Perez, Pablo LU orcid ; Bean, Richard and Mancuso, Adrian P. , et al. (2023) In Physics of Fluids 35(11).
Abstract

The fragmentation dynamics of single water droplets from laser irradiation is studied with megahertz frame rate x-ray microscopy. Owed to the nearly refraction-free and penetrating imaging technique, we could look into the interior of the droplet and reveal that two mechanisms are responsible for the initial explosive fragmentation of the droplet. First, reflection and diffraction of the laser beam at the droplet interface result in the formation of laser ray caustics that lead to non-homogeneous heating of the droplet, locally above the critical temperature. Second, homogeneous cavitation in the droplet that is likely caused from shockwaves reflected as tension waves at the acoustic soft boundaries of the droplet. Further atomization... (More)

The fragmentation dynamics of single water droplets from laser irradiation is studied with megahertz frame rate x-ray microscopy. Owed to the nearly refraction-free and penetrating imaging technique, we could look into the interior of the droplet and reveal that two mechanisms are responsible for the initial explosive fragmentation of the droplet. First, reflection and diffraction of the laser beam at the droplet interface result in the formation of laser ray caustics that lead to non-homogeneous heating of the droplet, locally above the critical temperature. Second, homogeneous cavitation in the droplet that is likely caused from shockwaves reflected as tension waves at the acoustic soft boundaries of the droplet. Further atomization occurs in three stages, first a fine sub-micrometer sized mist forms on the side of the droplet posterior to laser incidence, then micrometer sized droplets are expelled from the rim of an expanding liquid sheet, and finally into droplets of larger size through hole and ligament formation in the thinning liquid sheet where ligaments pinch off.

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Physics of Fluids
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American Institute of Physics (AIP)
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1070-6631
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10.1063/5.0171225
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Funding Information: We thank Katja Guttmann from University Magdeburg for help with the nozzle preparation and tubing. We acknowledge Henry Chapman for his discussions and suggestions. This work was supported by the internal EuXFEL R&D project: MHz X-ray Microscopy, 2020-2022, and the HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN-01-01, MHz-TOMOSCOPY project, Grant No. 101046448. We acknowledge SPB/SFX instrument for providing internal measurement time for this project. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Author(s).
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  abstract     = {{<p>The fragmentation dynamics of single water droplets from laser irradiation is studied with megahertz frame rate x-ray microscopy. Owed to the nearly refraction-free and penetrating imaging technique, we could look into the interior of the droplet and reveal that two mechanisms are responsible for the initial explosive fragmentation of the droplet. First, reflection and diffraction of the laser beam at the droplet interface result in the formation of laser ray caustics that lead to non-homogeneous heating of the droplet, locally above the critical temperature. Second, homogeneous cavitation in the droplet that is likely caused from shockwaves reflected as tension waves at the acoustic soft boundaries of the droplet. Further atomization occurs in three stages, first a fine sub-micrometer sized mist forms on the side of the droplet posterior to laser incidence, then micrometer sized droplets are expelled from the rim of an expanding liquid sheet, and finally into droplets of larger size through hole and ligament formation in the thinning liquid sheet where ligaments pinch off.</p>}},
  author       = {{Reuter, Fabian and Sato, Tokushi and Bellucci, Valerio and Birnsteinova, Sarlota and Deiter, Carsten and Koliyadu, Jayanath C.P. and Letrun, Romain and Villanueva-Perez, Pablo and Bean, Richard and Mancuso, Adrian P. and Meents, Alke and Vagovic, Patrik and Ohl, Claus Dieter}},
  issn         = {{1070-6631}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{11}},
  number       = {{11}},
  publisher    = {{American Institute of Physics (AIP)}},
  series       = {{Physics of Fluids}},
  title        = {{Laser-induced, single droplet fragmentation dynamics revealed through megahertz x-ray microscopy}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0171225}},
  doi          = {{10.1063/5.0171225}},
  volume       = {{35}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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