Dominance of mechanical over thermally induced damage during femtosecond laser ablation of monazite

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 235-244

  Seydoux Guillaume, Anne Magali ^a   Freydier, RéMi ^a,d   Poitrasson, Franck ^a   D'Abzac, FrançOis Xavier ^a   Wirth, Richard ^b   Datas, Lucien ^c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Fs laser ablation; High pressure shocked minerals; Laser induced damage; Monazite; SEM TEM FIB

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CRACKS; CRYSTALS; FEMTOSECOND LASERS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; ION BEAMS; LASER ABLATION; LASER PULSES; MONAZITE; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHOCK WAVES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; FS LASER; HIGH PRESSURE; INFRARED FEMTOSECOND LASER ABLATION; MECHANICAL EFFECTS; PLASMA EXPANSION; SAMPLE PREPARATION; THERMALLY INDUCED;

LASER DAMAGE;

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DAMAGE; FRACTURE; HIGH PRESSURE; LASER METHOD; MONAZITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRAIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 79251546977     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2010/0022-2001     Document Type: Article

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