Laser Ablation and its Applications

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Phipps, Claude (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences, 129
• Subjects: Physics.; Atoms.; Matter.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Condensed matter.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Laser Technology, Photonics.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction.; Plasma Physics.

Laser ablation describes the interaction of intense optical fields with matter, in which atoms are selectively driven off by thermal or nonthermal mechanisms. The field of laser ablation physics is advancing so rapidly that its principal results are seen only in specialized journals and conferences....