Interband electronic excitation-assisted atomic-scale restructuring of metal surfaces by nanosecond pulsed laser light

Science

Volumn 279, Issue 5351, 1998, Pages 679-681

  Ernst, Hans Joachim ^a   Charra, Fabrice ^a   Douillard, Ludovic ^a  

^a SRSIM ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; COPPER; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; INFRARED RADIATION; IRRADIATION; PHONONS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ADATOMS; GREEN LIGHT; INTERBAND ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; LASER MATERIALS INTERACTION; PHONON EXCITATION;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE;

COPPER; HELIUM; METAL; NANOPARTICLE;

INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0032579387     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.279.5351.679     Document Type: Review

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