Microstructuring using femtosecond pulsed laser ablation

Journal of Laser Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-235

  Groenendijk, Max ^a   Meijer, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ripples; Surface structures; Ultrashort pulsed lasers

Indexed keywords

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); MICROMACHINING; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

CHAOTIC COLUMNAR STRUCTURE; FEMTOSECOND PULSED LASER ABLATION; RIPPLE SPACING; SURFACE STRUCTURES;

LASER ABLATION;

EID: 33845679114     PISSN: 1042346X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2351/1.2227020     Document Type: Article

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