Resonant infrared pulsed laser deposition of polymers using a picosecond tunable free-electron laser

Author

Bubb, D.M. ; Horwitz, J.S. ; Papantonakis, M.R. ; Haglund, R.F.

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Firstpage

94

Abstract

Summary from only given. Resonant picosecond-pulse, mid-infrared laser irradiation has been shown to ablate glassy and crystalline solids with high efficiency and low collateral damage. We have extended this concept to show that resonant infrared (IR) pulsed-laser deposition (PLD) is an effective method for depositing polymer films with physical and chemical structure as well as optical properties virtually identical to those of the bulk starting material. This contrasts sharply with PLD at ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths, where deposited polymer material is significantly degraded.

Keywords

free electron lasers; high-speed optical techniques; polymer films; pulsed laser deposition; UV wavelengths; bulk starting material; chemical structure; crystalline solids; free electron laser; glassy solids; high efficiency; low collateral damage; optical properties; physical structure; polymer films; resonant infrared pulsed-laser deposition; resonant picosecond-pulse mid-infrared laser irradiation; Chemical lasers; Free electron lasers; Laser theory; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Polymers; Pulsed laser deposition; Resonance; Solid lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033477

Filename

1033477