Laser Ablation and its Applications

Part 1: Basic Physics and Simulations. Numerical simulation of the expansion into vacuum of a crystal heated by an ultrashort laser pulse.- Fast electronic transport and Coulomb explosion in materials irradiated with ultrashort laser pulses.- New methods for laser cleaning of nanoparticles.- Plume dynamics.- New aspects of laser-induced ionization of wide band-gap solids.- Part 2: Ultrafast Interactions. Three-dimensional material processing with femtosecond lasers.- Ultrafast optical measurements of shocked materials.- Time and space-resolved spectroscopy.- Physical chemistry of ultrafast laser interactions with solids.- Femtosecond plasma-mediated nanosurgery of cells and tissues.- Part 3: Material Processing. Designed polymers for ablation.- Fabrication of waveguides by laser deposition.- Pulsed laser deposition for functional optical films.- Laser forward transfer of electronic and power generating materials.- Part 4: Laser-matter interaction in novel regimes. Development of inertial fusion energy by lasers.- Laser space propulsion.- Laser propulsion thrusters for space transportation.- Laser propulsion.- Nano-structuring using pulsed laser radiation.- Soft laser desorption ionization – MALDI, DIOS and nanostructures.- Materials modification with intense extreme ultraviolet pulses from a compact laser.- Laser restoration of painted artworks