Laser Processing of Materials

Laser materials processing has made tremendous progress and is now at the forefront of industrial and medical applications. This text examines recent advances in smart and nanoscale materials going well beyond the traditional cutting and welding applications.

Most advanced book on laser processing, goes much further than all other books currently available Displays new applications of laser technology in nanotechnology and to smart materials Offers many insights and hints Serves as a reference for scientiests and practitioners alike Also suitable as a textbook for graduate students Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
Basics of Lasers and Laser Optics.- Fundamentals of Laser-Material Interactions.- LaserPlasma Interactions.- Laser Ablation and Thin Film Deposition.- Processing with Ultrashort Laser Pulses.- Creating Nanostructures with Lasers.- Laser Micromachining.- Laser Processing Architecture for Improved Material Processing.