Femtosecond laser ablation of DAST

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 220, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 88-95

  Dittrich, Ph ^a   Bartlome, R ^a   Montemezzani, G ^a   Gunter P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electro optics; Femtosecond laser ablation; Nonlinear optics; Organic crystals

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LASER ABLATION; LASER DAMAGE;

ORGANIC CRYSTALS;

SURFACE REACTIONS;

EID: 0142186205     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4332(03)00745-1     Document Type: Article

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