Title :
Increase of ablation rate using burst mode femtosecond pulses
Author :
Choi, Jiyeon ; Bernath, Robert ; Ramme, Mark ; Richardson, Martin
Author_Institution :
College of Optics/CREOL, University of Central Florida, Orlando 32816-2700, USA
Abstract :
We investigate the ablation rates of metals and dielectrics using a Ti:Sapphire oscillator. Prior work on burst ablation has been performed using high-power lasers and significant increases were observed. These two modalities will be compared.
Keywords :
Copper; Ionization; Laser ablation; Laser modes; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431043