In-bulk and surface structuring of sapphire by femtosecond pulses

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 253, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 6539-6544

  Juodkazis, Saulius ^a,b   Nishimura, Koichi ^a   Misawa, Hiroaki ^a,b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dielectric breakdown; Femtosecond laser micofabrication; Micro explosion; Sapphire

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; NANOCRYSTALS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FEMTOSECOND LASER MICOFABRICATION; MICRO EXPLOSION; NANO CRACKS; SUB WAVELENGTH RESOLUTION;

SAPPHIRE;

EID: 34247559093     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2007.01.097     Document Type: Article

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