简介：ThisLetterreportstheformationofperiodicsurfacestructuresonNi–Fefilmirradiatedbyasinglefemtosecondlaserpulse.Aconcavelenswithafocuslengthof-150mmisplacedinfrontofanobjective(100×,NA=0.9),whichtransformstheGaussianlaserfieldintoaringdistributionbytheFresneldiffraction.Periodicripplesformontheablationareaaftertheirradiationofasinglefemtosecondlaserpulse,whichdependsonthelaserpolarizationandlaserfluence.Weproposethattheringstructureofthelaserfieldleadstoasimilartransientdistributionofthepermittivityonthesamplesurface,whichfurtherlaunchesthesurfaceplasmonpolaritons.Theinteractionoftheincidentlaserwithsurfaceplasmonpolaritonsdominatestheformationofperiodicsurfacestructures.