Influence of optical standing waves on the femtosecond laser-induced forward transfer of transparent thin films

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2058-2066

  Banks, David P ^a   Kaur, Kamal ^a   Eason, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC WAVES; MASS TRANSFER;

ABLATION THRESHOLDS; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; GADOLINIUM GALLIUM OXIDES; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; INTERFERENCE MODELING; LASER INDUCED FORWARD TRANSFER; OPTICAL STANDING WAVE; TRANSPARENT THIN FILM;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 65249124632     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.002058     Document Type: Article

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