Title :
Increase of ablation rate using burst mode femtosecond pulses
Author :
Choi, Jiyeon ; Bernath, Robert ; Ramme, Mark ; Richardson, Martin
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando
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 :
dielectric materials; high-speed optical techniques; laser ablation; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; Ti:sapphire oscillator; burst mode femtosecond pulses; dielectric ablation rates; high-power lasers; metal ablation rates; Copper; Ionization; Laser ablation; Laser modes; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453266
