This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of the modern
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.
Table of contents:
1. UV lasers; 2. Optical properties of materials at UV wavelengths;
3. Photochemical and photothermal effects; 4. Interaction of UV
laser radiation with metals; 5. Interaction of UV radiation with
organic polymers; 6. Interactions and material removal in inorganic
insulators; 7. UV laser preparation and etching of superconductors;
8. Interactions and effects in semiconductors; 9. Laser deposition;
Index.
This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of the modern
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.
A comprehensive overview of the applications of UV lasers in
materials science.
