Fast parallel diffractive multi-beam femtosecond laser surface micro-structuring

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 255, Issue 13-14, 2009, Pages 6582-6588

  Kuang, Zheng ^a   Liu, Dun ^a   Perrie, Walter ^a   Edwardson, Stuart ^a   Sharp, Martin ^a   Fearon, Eamonn ^a   Dearden, Geoff ^a   Watkins, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer generated holograms (CGHs); Femtosecond laser; Spatial light modulator (SLM)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAPHY; FEMTOSECOND LASERS; HOLOGRAMS; LIGHT MODULATION;

COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAMS; DIFFRACTED BEAMS; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; LASER BANDWIDTH; MULTIPLE BEAM; PARALLEL PROCESSING; SCANNING SYSTEMS; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 63449086342     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2009.02.043     Document Type: Article

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