The exciting properties of micro-and nano-patterned surfaces found in natural species hide
a virtually endless potential of technological ideas, opening new opportunities for innovation …

The formation of self-organized laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) in metals,
semiconductors, and dielectrics upon pulsed laser irradiation is a well-known phenomenon …

Femtosecond laser surface processing (FLSP) is an emerging fabrication technique to
efficiently control the surface morphology of many types of materials including metals …

We report an experimental investigation on laser surface texturing of copper targets by Ti: Sa
femtosecond laser pulses addressing their wetting response to water droplets. In particular …

Direct laser interference patterning (DLIP) with ultrashort laser pulses (ULPs) represents a
precise and fast technique to produce tailored periodic submicrometer structures on various …

Besides the optimization of the laser and processing parameters, the adaptation of the focal
intensity distribution offers great potential for a well-defined control of laser processing and …

We have investigated the formation process of supra-wavelength quasi-periodic surface
structures, commonly termed as grooves, produced during femtosecond laser surface …

The electron-cloud phenomenon is one cause of beam instabilities in high intensity positive
particle accelerators. Among the proposed techniques to mitigate or control this detrimental …

The accurate calculation of laser energy absorption during femto-or picosecond laser pulse
experiments is very important for the description of the formation of periodic surface …

Exposure of metal surfaces to multiple ultrashort laser pulses under certain conditions leads
to the formation of well-defined periodic surface structures. We show how the period of such …