Femtosecond-laser ablation dynamics of dielectrics: basics and applications for thin films

P Balling, J Schou - Reports on progress in physics, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Laser ablation of dielectrics by ultrashort laser pulses is reviewed. The basic interaction
between ultrashort light pulses and the dielectric material is described, and different …

Femtosecond laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

TA Labutin, VN Lednev, AA Ilyin… - Journal of Analytical …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The presented review summarizes nearly two decades of studies on femtosecond laser-
induced breakdown spectrometry (fs-LIBS). When an ultra-short (< 1 ps) laser pulse is used …

Microscopic mechanisms of laser spallation and ablation of metal targets from large-scale molecular dynamics simulations

C Wu, LV Zhigilei - Applied Physics A, 2014 - Springer
The microscopic mechanisms of femtosecond laser ablation of an Al target are investigated
in large-scale massively parallel atomistic simulations performed with a computational …

Ultrashort filaments of light in weakly ionized, optically transparent media

L Bergé, S Skupin, R Nuter, J Kasparian… - Reports on progress in …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
Modern laser sources nowadays deliver ultrashort light pulses reaching few cycles in
duration and peak powers exceeding several terawatt (TW). When such pulses propagate …

[HTML][HTML] Optical spectroscopy of laser-produced plasmas for standoff isotopic analysis

SS Harilal, BE Brumfield, NL LaHaye… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Rapid, in-field, and non-contact isotopic analysis of solid materials is extremely important to
a large number of applications, such as nuclear nonproliferation monitoring and forensics …

Nanoparticles by laser ablation

NG Semaltianos - Critical reviews in solid state and materials …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
This review concerns nanoparticles collected in the form of nanopowder or a colloidal
solution by laser ablating a solid target that lies in a gaseous or a liquid environment. The …

Long-distance remote laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy using filamentation in air

K Stelmaszczyk, P Rohwetter, G Méjean, J Yu… - Applied Physics …, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate remote elemental analysis at distances up to 90 m, using a laser-induced
breakdown spectroscopy scheme based on filamentation induced by the nonlinear …

Femtosecond laser pulse irradiation of solid targets as a general route to nanoparticle formation in a vacuum

S Amoruso, G Ausanio, R Bruzzese, M Vitiello… - Physical Review B …, 2005 - APS
By studying the fs laser produced plume of different materials we show experimentally that
the process of matter removal during ultrashort (fs) laser pulse irradiation followed by …

Epitaxial growth of ZnO films

R Triboulet, J Perriere - Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization of …, 2003 - Elsevier
After summing up the main physical properties of ZnO and its subsequent applications the
aim of this article is to review the growth of ZnO epitaxial films by PLD, MBE, MOCVD and …

Generation of silicon nanoparticles via femtosecond laser ablation in vacuum

S Amoruso, R Bruzzese, N Spinelli, R Velotta… - Applied Physics …, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate that femtosecond laser ablation of silicon targets in vacuum is a viable
route to the generation and deposition of nanoparticles with radii of 5–10 nm. The …