Laser Ablation Mechanisms and Applications: Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA 8–10 April 1991

Diagnostic studies of YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7−δ laser ablation....Pages 1-11
Pulsed laser deposition of high temperature superconducting thin films and hetero-structure....Pages 12-15
In-Situ monitoring of laser ablation of superconductors....Pages 16-27
Spectroscopic and ion probe characterization of laser produced plasmas used for thin film growth....Pages 28-37
Synthesis of SiO 2 thin films by reactive excimer laser ablation....Pages 38-52
Characteristics of laser—material interactions monitored by inductively coupled plasma—atomic emission spectroscopy....Pages 53-59
Trace surface analysis using ion and photon desorption with resonance ionization detection....Pages 61-67
Pulse rate dependence of laser desorption and ionization of molecules on thin metal films: Mathematics of laser heating and pulse rate dependence....Pages 68-76
Photodesorption of metal atoms by collective electron excitation....Pages 77-81
Desorption of Al, Au, and Ag using surface plasmon excitation....Pages 82-86
Threshold fluence UV laser excitation of W(100) and O 2 ,H 2 ,F/W(100): Photoejected ion KE distributions....Pages 87-95
Excimer laser ablation of CdTe....Pages 96-105
IR-laser ablation in medicine: Mechanisms and applications....Pages 107-111
Pulsed laser ablation of biological tissue: Review of the mechanisms....Pages 112-122
Etching polymer films with continuous wave ultraviolet lasers — The photokinetic effect....Pages 123-132
Mechanistic insight in the laser-pulse sputtering of polymers by combined photographiy and gas-dynamic analysis....Pages 133-135
Laser desorption and multiphoton ionization of some smaller biomolecules: Recent results and prospects....Pages 137-148
Matrix-assisted laser desorption and ionization of biomolecules....Pages 149-153
Laser ablation of intact massive biomolecules....Pages 154-159
Applications of matrix-assisted laser desorption fourier transform mass spectrometry for biomolecules....Pages 160-164
Comparison of atomization processes: Trace element analysis using Ris of laserirradiated and ion-bombarded biological and metal surfaces....Pages 165-173
Laser desorption of peptide molecules and ions using 193 nm radiation....Pages 174-179
Ablation of material by front surface spallation....Pages 180-190
Laser ablation and optical surface damage....Pages 191-202
Laser induced photodissociation, desorption and surface reaction dynamics....Pages 203-208
Mechanisms of laser ablation of monolayers as determined by laser-induced fluorescence measurements....Pages 209-212
Laser-induced particle emission from surfaces of non-metallic solids: A search for primary processes of laser ablation....Pages 213-223
Charged particle emission by laser irradiated surfaces....Pages 224-233
Laser ejection of Ag+ ions from a roughened silver surface: Role of the surface plasmon....Pages 234-238
A surface plasmon model for laser ablation of Ag + Ions from a roughened Ag surface....Pages 239-245
UV laser ablation from ionic solids....Pages 246-249
Physics of pulsed laser ablation at 248 nm: Plasma energetics and Lorentz interactions....Pages 250-259
Excimer laser ablation of ferrite ceramics....Pages 260-262
Charge emission from silicon and germanium surfaces irradiated with KRF excimer laser pulses....Pages 263-270
Pulsed laser deposition of tribological materials....Pages 271-279
Ion-molecule reactions of carbon cluster anions....Pages 280-284
Doubly charged negative ions of bucky ball — C 60 2- ....Pages 285-293
Evaporation as a diagnostic test for hydrodynamic cooling of laser-ablated clusters....Pages 294-296
Desorption of large organic molecules by laser-induced plasmon excitation....Pages 297-300
Simultaneous bombardment of wide bandgap materials with UV excimer irradiation and keV electrons....Pages 301-310
Superconducting transport properties and surface microstructure for YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-δ -based superlattices grown by pulsed laser deposition....Pages 311-319
Monitoring Laser Heating of Materials with photothermal Deflection Techniques....Pages 320-327
Studies of laser ablation of graphite: C n +/− Ion Kinetic energy distributions....Pages 328-333
Infrared laser induced ablation and melting in model polymer crystals....Pages 334-343
Chemical characterization of microparticles by laser ablation in an ion trap mass spectrometer....Pages 344-349
Photophysical processes in uv laser photodecomposition of Bi 2 Sr 2 Ca 1 CU 2 O 8 and YBa 2 Cu 3 O x+6 ....Pages 350-359
Influence of liquefaction on laser ablation: drilling depth and target recoil....Pages 360-362