Ablation and structural changes induced in InP surfaces by single 10 fs laser pulses in air

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Bonse, J ^a   Rosenfeld, A ^b   Grebing, C ^b   Steinmeyer, G ^b   Mailman, N ^c   Botton, G A ^c   Haugen, H K ^c  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTIONAL TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSE; FLUENCES; FS LASER PULSE; GAUSSIANS; INP; MATERIAL STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; NEAR-SURFACE; POLYCRYSTALLINE GRAINS; SHARP BOUNDARIES; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; SOLIDIFIED LAYER; SPATIAL EXTENT; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; TI: SAPPHIRE LASER; WAFER SURFACE;

ABLATION; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CORUNDUM; INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; LASER PULSES; LASERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SURFACES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 70350104974     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3236630     Document Type: Article

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