Ablation of metals with picosecond laser pulses: Evidence of long-lived non-equilibrium surface states

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-176

  Gamaly, E G ^a   Luther Davies, B ^a   Kolev, V Z ^a   Madsen, N R ^a   Duering, M ^b   Rode, A V ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR LASER TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Non equilibrium surface phenomena; Picosecond lasers

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER PULSES; METAL ANALYSIS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

ABLATION THRESHOLD; NON-EQUILIBRIUM SURFACE PHENOMENA; PICOSECOND LASERS; PULSE DURATION;

LASER ABLATION;

EID: 21644489705     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034605050299     Document Type: Article

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