UV laser cutting of organic nanofibers

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5720, Issue , 2005, Pages 165-172

  Balzer, Frank ^a   Ihlemann, Jürgen ^b   Simonsen, Adam C ^c   Rubahn, Horst Günter ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LASER LABORATORIUM GÖTTINGEN E V   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Muscovite mica; Nanofibers; Organic thin films; Para hexaphenyl; UV laser ablation; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FLUORESCENCE; LASER ABLATION; MICA; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; THIN FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MUSCOVITE MICA; NANOFIBERS; ORGANIC THIN FILMS; PARA-HEXAPHENYL; UV LASER ABLATION;

LASER BEAM CUTTING;

EID: 22044448589     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.589682     Document Type: Conference Paper

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