Title :
Recoil studies of ablation in aluminium with a nanosecond copper laser
Author :
Fishburn, Jennifer M. ; Withford, Michael J. ; Piper, James A. ; Coutts, David W. ; Wybrew, Adam
Author_Institution :
Centre for Lasers & Applications, Macquarie Univ., North Ryde, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
Recoil momenta created by single copper laser pulses (λ=511nm & 578nm) of various energies (0.1∼1mJ) were studied with a ballistic pendulum to determine the fluence thresholds for nanosecond ablation regimes.
Keywords :
aluminium; copper; gas lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser ablation; pendulums; 511 nm; 578 nm; Al; Cu; He:Ne; ablation recoil study; aluminium; ballistic pendulum; nanosecond ablation regime; nanosecond copper laser pulse; recoil momenta; Aluminum; Copper; Explosives; Glass; High speed optical techniques; Image analysis; Laser ablation; Optical materials; Optical polymers; Optical pulses;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7734-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1313616
