Ultrafast laser processing of materials: A review

Advances in Optics and Photonics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 684-712

  Phillips, Katherine C ^a   Gandhi, Hemi H ^a   Mazur, Eric ^a   Sundaram, S K ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alfred University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

FEMTOSECONDS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; TIME REGIME; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRAFAST LASER PROCESSING;

LASER MATERIALS PROCESSING;

EID: 84964226649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19438206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AOP.7.000684     Document Type: Review

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