Advanced processing techniques for organic and polymer materials are critical to the
burgeoning use of these versatile materials in electronic and electro-optic thin-film devices.
Tunable, ultrashort-pulse mid-infrared lasers offer a promising new tool for laser-mediated
deposition of these thermally labile materials, because they can be operated in a regime that
largely avoids pathways to electronic excitation and are thus less prone to inducing
destructive photochemical processes. This paper outlines the fundamental issues in the use …