Laser-induced jet formation and droplet ejection from thin metal films

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 479-487

  Kuznetsov, Arseniy I ^a,b   Unger, Claudia ^a   Koch, Jürgen ^a   Chichkov, Boris N ^a  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^b DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION BUBBLE; DROPLET EJECTION; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FEMTOSECONDS; JET FORMATION; LASER INDUCED; LASER INDUCED FORWARD TRANSFER; LASER PROCESS; LASER-INDUCED GENERATION; LIQUID JETS; LIQUID-AIR INTERFACE; THIN METAL FILMS; VISCOUS LIQUIDS;

DROPS; METALLIC FILMS;

PLASMA JETS;

EID: 84858794971     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: 14320630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-011-6747-8     Document Type: Article

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