Optimization of femtosecond laser micromachining in hydrogel polymers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1679-1687

  Ding, Li ^a   Jani, Dharmendra ^b   Linhardt, Jeffrey ^b   Kunzler, Jay F ^b   Pawar, Siddhesh ^c   Labenski, Glen ^c   Smith, Thomas ^c   Knox, Wayne H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b BAUSCH AND LOMB   (United States)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; INFRARED DEVICES; LASER PULSES; MICROMACHINING; POLYMERS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SAPPHIRE; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FEMTOSECOND LASER MICROMACHINING; LASER INDUCED REFRACTIVE INDEX; MICROMACHINING PROCESS; NEAR INFRARED FEMTOSECOND LASER; NONLINEAR ABSORPTIONS; REFRACTIVE-INDEX MODIFICATION; TI:SAPPHIRE OSCILLATORS; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 70249129753     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.001679     Document Type: Article

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