Ultra-short pulse laser safety - A challenge to materials science

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5962, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Hertwig, Andreas ^a   Martin, Sven ^b   Kautek, Wolfgang ^c   Krüger, Jörg ^a  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^b JENLAB GMBH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR CENTERS; IRRADIATION; LASER ABLATION; MATERIALS SCIENCE;

LASER FLUENCE; LASER PROTECTION; LASER-INDUCED TRANSMISSION (LIT); PULSE DURATION;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 33144486507     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.624757     Document Type: Conference Paper

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