Direct optimization of femtosecond laser ablation using adaptive wavefront shaping

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1100-1104

  Campbell, S ^a   Triphan, S M F ^a   El Agmy, R ^a   Greenaway, A H ^a   Reid, D T ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Femtosecond laser ablation; Femtosecond machining; Laser machining; Optimization; Simulated annealing; Ti:sapphire

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHROMIUM; GLASS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; TWO DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FEMTOSECOND MACHINING; WAVEFRONT SHAPING;

LASER ABLATION;

EID: 35648986209     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/9/11/022     Document Type: Article

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