4. Lasers, Optics, and Thermal Considerations in Ablation Experiments

Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue C, 1997, Pages 173-223

  Grigoropoulos, Costas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33747417655     PISSN: 10794042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-695X(08)60396-8     Document Type: Article

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