Sub-diffraction limited structuring of solid targets with femtosecond laser pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 41-49

  Korte, F ^a   Adams, S ^a   Egbert, A ^a   Fallnich, C ^a   Ostendorf, A ^a   Nolte, S ^b   Will, M ^b   Ruske, J P ^b   Chichkov, B N ^b   Tunnermann A ^b  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DIFFRACTION; LASER ABLATION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; THIN FILMS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

FEMTOSECOND LASERS; MATERIALS PROCESSING; MICROSTRUCTURE FABRICATION; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

TARGETS;

EID: 0002565185     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.7.000041     Document Type: Article

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