Interferometric diagnostic suite for ultrafast laser ablation of metals

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5448, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 171-181

  Clarke, S A ^a   Rodriguez, G ^a   Taylor, A J ^a   Forsman, A ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hartmann Shack; Hydrodynamics; Interferometry; Plasma expansion; Ultrafast lasers

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY-DOMAIN INTERFEROMETRY (FDI); HARTMANN-SHACK; PLASMA EXPANSION; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELASTIC MODULI; FOURIER OPTICS; INTERFEROMETERS; METALS; PUMPING (LASER); SHOCK WAVES;

LASER ABLATION;

EID: 11844267253     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.547192     Document Type: Conference Paper

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