Laser microstructuring and scanning microscopy of plasmapolymer–silver composite layers

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 31, 2001, Pages 5726-5730

  Martin, Jörg ^a   Kiesow, Andreas ^c   Heilmann, Andreas ^c   Wannemacher, Reinhold ^a,b  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MECHANICS OF MATERIALS IWM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MICROOPTICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL FILMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MICRO-OPTICAL ELEMENTS;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0037484673     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.005726     Document Type: Article

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