Nonlinear fluence dependencies in femtosecond laser ablation of metals and dielectric materials

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Itina, Tatiana E ^a   Mamatkulov, Mikhail ^a   Sentis, Marc ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Dielectric materials; Femtosecond; Laser ablation; Material processing; Metals; Modeling

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; GOLD; HEAT CONDUCTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IONIZATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR OPTICS;

FEMTOSECOND; MATERIAL PROCESSING; NONLINEAR FLUENCE DEPEDENCIES;

LASER ABLATION;

EID: 24044503076     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1904591     Document Type: Article

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