Laser Materials

Damage in laser materials.

The third ASTM symposium on damage in laser materials held at NBS in May 1971 is discussed, and the results are reviewed.

Ceramic Laser Materials

Ceramic laser materials have come a long way since the first demonstration of lasing in 1964. Improvements in powder synthesis and ceramic sintering as well as novel ideas have led to notable achievements. These include the first Nd:yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) ceramic laser in 1995, breaking the 1 KW mark in 2002 and then the remarkable demonstration of more than 100 KW output power from a YA...

Laser interaction with materials: introduction.

Laser-materials interaction is the fascinating nexus where laser physics, optical physics, and materials science intersect. Applications include microdeposition via laser-induced forward transfer of thin films, clean materials processing with femtosecond beams, creating color filters with nanoparticles, generating very high density storage sites on subpicosecond time scales, structuring solar c...

Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Laser Materials

Pulsed Laser Ablation Deposition and Laser Interaction with Materials

PULSED LASER ABLATION DEPOSITION AND LASER INTERACTION WITH MATERIALS 2.