Direct ultrafast laser micro-structuring of materials using programmable beam shaping

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 737-741

  Sanner, N ^a   Huot, N ^a   Audouard, E ^a   Larat, C ^b   Huignard, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b THALES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser processing; Laser beam shaping

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; LASER BEAMS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; USER INTERFACES;

FEMTOSECOND LASER PROCESSING; FOCAL SPOT SHAPING; GEOMETRICAL SHAPES; LASER BEAM SHAPING;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 33947195908     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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