Microprinting and microetching of diffractive structures using ultrashort laser pulses

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 138-139, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 82-86

  Zergioti, I ^a,c   Mailis, S ^a,d   Vainos, N A ^a   Ikiades, A ^a   Grigoropoulos, C P ^b   Fotakis, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffractive structures; Microetching; Microprinting; Ultrashort laser pulses

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345921777     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4332(98)00526-1     Document Type: Article

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