Observation of femtosecond laser-induced ablation in crystalline silicon

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 723-726

  Choi, Tae Y ^a   Grigoropoulos, Costas P ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystalline silicon; Plasma; Pump and probe; Ultrafast microscopy

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER ABLATION; PLASMAS; PUMPS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

CRYSTALLINE SILICON; NONTHERMAL LIQUIDS; PLASMA EXPANSION; PROBE BEAMS;

SILICON;

HEAT TRANSFER; LASER;

EID: 11244296085     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1795224     Document Type: Article

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