Thermal and fluid processes of a thin melt zone during femtosecond laser ablation of glass: The formation of rims by single laser pulses

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1447-1459

  Ben Yakar, Adela ^a   Harkin, Anthony ^b   Ashmore, Jacqueline ^c   Byer, Robert L ^d   Stone, Howard A ^c  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; LASER ABLATION; PLASMAS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FEMTOSECOND LASER ABLATION; RIM FORMATION; SINGLE LASER PULSES; THIN MELT ZONE;

GLASS;

EID: 33947711774     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/40/5/021     Document Type: Article

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