Title :
Resonant infra-red pulsed laser ablation of polymers with single picosecond pulses generated by an optical parametric amplifier
Author :
Duering, Malte ; Haglund, Richard ; Luther-Davies, Barry
Author_Institution :
Laser Phys. Centre, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
Abstract :
We have used a mid-IR optical parametric amplifier for single pulse ablation of polystyrene via resonant infra-red pulsed laser ablation.
Keywords :
Laser ablation; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical polymers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Resonance; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2