Optical reflectance and scattering studies of nucleation and growth of bubbles at a liquid-solid interface induced by pulsed laser heating

Recently, it has been observed that the explosive vaporization of a liquid film at a solid surface can be efficiently used to remove submicron-sized particles from the surface.1–3 Here, we present the application of the optical reflectance and scattering techniques and piezoelectric monitoring to study the transient behavior of this phenomenon.