The role of electron-phonon coupling in femtosecond laser damage of metals

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3343, Issue , 1998, Pages 378-387

  Wellershoff, Sebastian S ^a   Güdde, Jens ^a   Hohlfeld, Julius ^a   Müller, Juergen G ^a   Matthias, Eckart ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron temperature; Electron phonon coupling in metals; Energy deposition depth; Hot electron diffusion; Laser damage thresholds; Two temperature model

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON CORRELATIONS; ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTIONS; FUSED SILICA; GOLD; HOT ELECTRONS; LASER ABLATION; LASER DAMAGE; LASERS; MAGNETIC FILMS; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SILICA; SMELTING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ELECTRON-PHONON COUPLING IN METALS; ENERGY DEPOSITION DEPTH; HOT ELECTRON DIFFUSION; LASER DAMAGE THRESHOLDS; TWO-TEMPERATURE MODEL;

ELECTRON TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33744649072     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.321573     Document Type: Conference Paper

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