Fundamentals of energy cascade during ultrashort laser-material interactions

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5713, Issue , 2005, Pages 343-357

  Tsai, Hai Lung ^a   Jiang, Lan ^a  

^a Missouri University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionization; Micromachining; Plasma; Quantum treatment; Ultrashort laser

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; IONIZATION; LASER ABLATION; PHOTONS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SPECIFIC HEAT; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ELECTRON RELAXATION; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; QUANTUM TREATMENT; ULTRASHORT LASERS;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 23744468959     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.589461     Document Type: Conference Paper

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