UV Lasers: Effects and Applications in Materials Science - Softcover

Duley, W. W.

 
9780521020060: UV Lasers: Effects and Applications in Materials Science

Synopsis

This 1996 volume provided the first comprehensive overview of the use of ultraviolet laser radiation in the processing of materials. Lasers operating at ultraviolet wavelengths combine the ability to vaporise the most refractory of materials with the precision to ablate micron-sized holes in polymers and remove thin layers from the cornea for corrective surgery of the human eye. This book explores the use of UV laser radiation for the ablation and deposition of metals, insulating solids, polymers, semiconductors and superconductors. Emphasis has been placed on understanding the physical mechanisms accompanying these processes and the conversion of intense UV radiation to photothermal and photochemical energy in irradiated materials. This will be an invaluable source-book of current information in the rapidly developing field of laser applications for engineers, scientists, researchers and students in universities, government laboratories and the private sector, and will also form a valuable supplementary text for graduate courses in materials science.

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Review

"...it is a superb, up-to-date review of the current understanding of what happens during the short-wavelength-laser irradiation of a variety of materials....I consider the book an excellent value..." David M. Roessler, Optics & Photonics News

Book Description

This 1996 volume provided the first comprehensive overview of the use of ultraviolet laser radiation in the processing of materials. An invaluable source-book of current information for engineers, scientists, researchers and students in this rapidly developing field, this book will also form a valuable supplementary text for graduate courses in materials science.

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ISBN 10:  0521464986 ISBN 13:  9780521464987
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996
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