Soon after the invention of the pulsed ruby laser by Maiman in 1960, investigators were
eager to examine the potential of pulsed laser radiation for medical applications. It was …

1. INTRODUCTION Beams of atoms and molecules are stalwart tools for spectroscopy and
studies of collisional processes. 1− 4 The supersonic expansion technique can create cold …

During the 15-year period from 1960 when the very first laser was described to 1974 when
the first excimer laser was built, the principal sources of laser radiation produced visible or …

When pulsed, ultraviolet laser radiation falls on the surface of an organic polymer or
biological tissue, the material at the surface is spontaneously etched away to a depth of 0.1 …

This book documents the proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Polymer
Surface Modification: Relevance to Adhesion held under the auspices of MST Conferences …

A model based on a time‐dependent treatment of the ablation of organic polymer surfaces
by UV laser radiation is proposed. It relates the dynamics of the etching process to the …

Far ultraviolet light (193 nm) produced by an excimer laser has been used to produce a
variety of incisions in the corneas of anaesthetised rabbits. Tissue was lost from the site of …

Wide bandwidth polyvinylidenefluoride film piezoelectric transducers have been used to
make time‐resolved measurements of stress waves generated by ablation and subthreshold …

Materials processing with lasers is a rapidly expanding field which is increasingly
captivating the attention of scientists, engineers and manufacturers alike. The aspect of most …

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) was employed for the in situ analysis of
pigments used in painting. LIBS spectra were collected from a wide variety of pigments in …