edited by John C. Miller and Richard F. Haglund, Jr.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
San Diego :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Academic Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c1998.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvii, 647 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. (some col.) ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Experimental methods in the physical sciences ;
Volume Designation
v. 30
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction to laser desorption and ablation / John C. Miller -- Mechanisms of laser-induced desorption and ablation / Richard F. Haglund, Jr. -- Low fluence laser desorption and plume formation from wide bandgap crystalline materials / J. Thomas Dickinson -- Lasers, optics, and thermal considerations in ablation experiments / Costas P. Grigoropoulos -- Plume formation and characterization in laser-surface interactions / Roger Kelly ... [et al.] -- Surface characterization / Marika Scleberger, Sylvia Speller, and Werner Heiland -- Surface modification with lasers / Zane Ball and Roland Sauerbrey -- Chemical analysis by laser ablation / Richard E. Russo and Xianglei Mao -- Matrix-assisted laser desorption and ionization / James A. Carroll and Ronald C. Beavis -- Physical mechanisms governing the ablation of biological tissue / Glenn Edwards -- Growth and doping of compound semiconductor films by pulsed laser ablation / Douglas H. Lowndes -- Laser ablation in optical components and thin films / Michael Reichling -- The future of laser ablation / Richard F. Haglund, Jr.