The femtoprint project

Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Bellouard, Y ^a   Champion, A ^a   Lenssen, B ^a   Matteucci, M ^a   Schaap, A ^a   Beresna, M ^b   Corbari, C ^b   Gecevicius M ^b   Kazansky, P ^b   Chappuis, O ^c   Kral, M ^c   Clavel, R ^c   Barrot, F ^d   Breguet, J M ^d   Mabillard, Y ^e   Bottinelli, S ^e   Hopper, M ^e   Hoenninger, C ^f   Mottay, E ^f   Lopez, J ^g  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d CSEM   (Switzerland)

^e Mecartex ^*  (Germany)

^f AMPLITUDE SYSTÈMES   (France)

^g Alphanov   (France)

Author keywords

Femtosecond lasers; Nanogratings; Optofluidics; Optomechanics; Photonics devices

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THRESHOLDS; EUROPEAN PROJECT; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; LOW ENERGY LASER; MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED; NANO-GRATINGS; OPTO-FLUIDICS; OPTO-MECHANICS; OPTOMECHANICAL; PHOTONICS DEVICES; TABLE-TOP;

LASER ABLATION; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 84861656790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18800688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2961/jlmn.2012.01.0001     Document Type: Article

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