Laser-Solid Interactions for Materials Processing Symposium Held April 25-27, 2000, San Francisco, California, U.S.A

The unique feature of laser beams to deliver intense light at a specific photon energy makes lasers useful and enabling in the processing of advanced materials. The availability of high-intensity laser sources over a wide spectral and temporal range has inspired advances in both the fundamental understanding of laser-solid interactions and the application of lasers in materials processing and characterisation. This continuing progress in the understanding of laser-solid interactions relevant to laser processing has resulted in a growing acceptance of lasers in material and device synthesis. For instance, pulsed-laser deposition has emerged as an important process for growing high-quality metal-oxide thin films, including high-Tc superconductors, dielectric materials, magneto-resistive materials and semiconducting oxides. Ultrarapid heating and solidification by nanosecond laser pulses is used in the removal of ion implantation damage, reduction in sheet resistivities, formation of supersaturated alloys and p-n junction formation. This volume brings together the materials science and technology communities to discuss recent progress of laser ablation both in fundamental studies and applications.Kumar, D. is the author of 'Laser-Solid Interactions for Materials Processing Symposium Held April 25-27, 2000, San Francisco, California, U.S.A' with ISBN 9781558995253 and ISBN 1558995250.