Abstract
A two-temperature theory of the generalized thermoelasticity is proposed to study the effect of temperature dependence on a semi-infinite medium. The surface of bounding plane of the medium is under a non-Gaussian laser pulse. Lame's coefficients and the thermal conductivity are supposed as temperature-dependent linear functions. The dual-phase-lags (DPLs) theory of the generalized thermoelasticity is applied to treat with the present problem. The analytical solution for different boundary conditions may be deduced by using Laplace transform technique. The numerical results are obtained by using the inverse of Laplace transforms. The comparisons have been graphically presented to show the effects of PLs, temperature discrepancy, laser pulse and laser intensity parameters on field quantities. Also, the results are compared with those obtained from the mechanical and thermal material properties with the temperature independence.