• DocumentCode
    1655979
  • Title

    Filament ablation of opaque solid material

  • Author

    Valenzuela, Anthony R. ; Munson, Chase A. ; Porwitzky, Andrew J.

  • Author_Institution
    Weapons & Mater. Res. Directorate, US Army Res. Lab., Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Filamentation of femtosecond laser pulses defy diffraction and exist for many meters. The filament contains the concentrated laser pulse and a plasma column in its wake. We study filament ablation of metal and polymer surfaces.
  • Keywords
    laser ablation; optical materials; optical pulse generation; femtosecond laser pulses; filament ablation; opaque solid material; plasma column; Films; Focusing; Laser ablation; Lenses; Plasmas; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325748