Laser Ablation: Mechanisms and Applications

Description:

Lasers can readily remove very thin layers from small areas of a material and can thus be used both to control the structure of the surface and to determine its composition. Laser ablation thus has a wide variety of applications - from re-shaping the cornea of the eye to correct vision and micro-machining electronic devices, to detection of minute contaminants on catalysts. This book is the proceedings of one ofthe first workshops held on this topic.

subjects: Laser ablation,  Congresses,  Industrial applications,  Lasers,  Lasers in medicine,  Condensed matter,  Physics,  Laser physics,  Quantum optics,  Spectrum analysis,  Photonics Laser Technology and Physics,  Quantum Optics, Quantum Electronics, Nonlinear Optics,  Ultrafast Optics Optical Spectroscopy