Ultrafast laser-induced microstructure/nanostructure replication and optical properties

Applied Optics

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 604-609

  Caffrey, Paul O ^a   Nayak, Barada K ^a   Gupta, Mool C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROCHANNELS; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

EMBOSSING METHOD; NANOSCALE FEATURES; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; REPLICATION PROCESS; SURFACE MICROTEXTURE; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; TITANIUM SURFACES;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84856912670     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.51.000604     Document Type: Article

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