LASER-INDUCED PLASMAS: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS -- LASER-INDUCED PLASMAS: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF LASER-INDUCED PLASMA EXPANSION MODELS FOR THIN FILM DEPOSITION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL SET UP -- PLASMA EXPANSION -- EXPANSION IN VACUUM -- Anisimov Model -- EXPANSION IN A GAS ENVIRONMENT -- SEDOV-TAYLOR MODEL -- FREIWALD-AXFORD MODEL -- THIN FILM GROWTH -- ZNO THIN FILMS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CLUSTER-CONTAINING PLASMA PLUMES: THE ATTRACTIVE MEDIA FOR HIGH-ORDER HARMONIC GENERATION OF LASER RADIATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. EXPERIMENTAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR CLUSTER-CONTAINING PLASMA FORMATION AND HIGH-ORDER HARMONIC GENERATION -- 2. ABLATION OF METAL NANOPARTICLES -- 3. ABLATION OF BULK METALS -- 4. ABLATION OF FULLERENE- AND CARBON NANOTUBE-CONTAINING TARGETS -- 5. APPLICATION OF CLUSTER-CONTAINING PLASMA FOR EFFICIENT HIGH-ORDER HARMONIC GENERATION OF ULTRASHORT RADIATION -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- PULSED LASER DEPOSITION OF V2O5 AND TIME-OF-FLIGHT ANALYSIS OF THE LASER-INDUCED PLASMA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. The Vanadium Oxides -- 1.2. The Crystal Structure and Usability of V2O5 -- 2. A BRIEF HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF PULSED LASER DEPOSITION [7-9, 25-41] -- 3. EXPERIMENTAL DETAILS -- 4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 4.1. Characterization of the Deposited Films -- 4.1.1. X-Ray Diffraction Measurement -- 4.1.2. Optical Transmission and Band Gap Calculations -- 4.1.3. X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy -- 4.1.4. Transmission Electron Microscopy -- 4.1.4.1. Effect of Cluster Size on the Absorption Edge -- 4.1.4.2. The V2O5 Bohr Radius -- 5. TIME OF FLIGHT ANALYSIS (TOF) OF THE LASER-INDUCED PLASMA -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES.

NANOSECOND AND FEMTOSECOND LASER ABLATION OF TEO2 CRYSTALS: SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION AND PLASMA ANALYSIS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EXPERIMENTAL DETAILS -- 2.1. Crystal Growth Procedure and Sample Preparation -- 2.2. Laser Ablation of c-TeO2 -- 2.2.1. The Nanosecond Laser Processing Setup -- 2.2.2. The Femtosecond Laser Processing Setup -- 3. LASER PROCESSING RESULTS: SURFACE ANALYSES -- 3.1. Nanosecond Laser Processing of c-TeO2 -- 3.2. Femtosecond Laser Processing of c-TeO2 -- 3.2.1. Determination of the Ablation Threshold Fluence and the Precision of the Ablation -- 3.2.2. Incubation Behavior -- 4. TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROSCOPY DURING LASER ABLATION OF TEO2 CRYSTALS: ANALYSIS OF THE ABLATION PRODUCTS -- 4.1. Experimental Aspects of the Time-of-Flight Analysis -- 4.2. Time-of-Flight Analysis Upon Femtosecond Laser Ablation of c-TeO2 -- 4.3. Time-of-Flight Analysis Upon Nanosecond Laser Ablation of c-TeO2 -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- RESONANT HARMONIC GENERATION OF SHORT PULSE LASER IN PLASMA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION -- 3. THIRD HARMONIC GENERATION -- 4. PULSE SLIPPAGE EFFECT OF SECOND HARMONIC WAVE IN PLASMA IN THE PRESENCE OF WIGGLER MAGNETIC FIELD -- 4.1. Second Harmonic Field -- 4.2. Numerical Analysis -- 5. PULSE SLIPPAGE EFFECT OF SECOND HARMONIC WAVE IN PLASMA IN THE PRESENCE OF DENSITY RIPPLE -- 5.1. Numerical Analysis -- 6. PULSE SLIPPAGE EFFECT OF THIRD HARMONIC GENERATION IN PLASMA IN THE PRESENCE OF WIGGLER MAGNETIC FIELD -- 6.1. Non Linear Current Density -- 6.2. Numerical Analysis -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INFLUENCE OF HETEROGENEOUS NATURE OF LASER ABLATION ON NEAR-SURFACE PLASMA FORMATION AND PROPAGATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. HETEROGENEOUS LASER ABLATION -- 1.1. Experimental -- 1.2. Model of Laser Ablation.

1.3. Growing of Bubbles in Liquid Phase -- 1.4. Pore Micro-Explosion in Solid State -- 2. PLASMA FORMATION UNDER ACTION OF LASER PULSES -- 2.1. Experimental -- 2.2. Results -- 2.3. The Influence of External Pressure on the Ablation and Plasma Formation -- 2.3.1. Spectral Diagnostics -- 3. PLASMA FRONT INSTABILITY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PROSPECTIVES OF LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROMETRY: MORE SENSITIVE, PRECISE AND FLEXIBLE ANALYSIS -- ABSTRACT -- 7.1. INTRODUCTION -- 7.2. INSTRUMENTATION FOR LIBS -- 7.2.1. Lasers -- Properties of Laser Irradiance -- Double Pulse Operation -- 7.2.2. Optical Systems -- 7.2.3. Spectra resolution -- Optical filters -- Spectrograph -- 7.2.4. Detectors -- 7.3. REPRODUCIBILITY OF LIBS MEASUREMENTS -- 7.3.1. Experimental Arrangements for Improving Reproducibility -- 7.3.2. Internal Standards -- 7.3.2.1. Criteria for Selection of Reference Line -- 7.3.2.2. Correction of Specific Processes Influence -- 7.3.3. Data Processing -- 7.4. METHODS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF LIBS SENSITIVITY -- 7.4.1. Electric Discharge Assisted Techniques -- 7.4.2. Effect of Electromagnetic Field -- 7.4.3. Double Pulse Method for Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy -- 7.4.3.1. Double Pulse Method Configurations -- 7.4.3.2. Double vs Single Pulse -- 7.4.3.3. Effect of Interpulse Delay in Double Pulse Method -- 7.4.3.4. Influence of Laser Parameter on Double Pulse Method -- Wavelength -- Energy -- Pulse Duration -- 7.4.3.5. Laser Ablation with Multiple Pulses -- 7.4.3.6. Double Pulse Mechanisms and Theoretical Modeling -- Experimental studies -- Theoretical studies -- 7.4.3.7. Double Pulse Studies for Liquid Samples -- 7.4.3.8. Analytical Capabilities of Double Pulse LIBS -- 7.4.4. Resonant Excitation -- 7.4.5. Plasma Confinement -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- PARAMETRIC INSTABILITIES OF ULTRAINTENSE LASER PULSES PROPAGATING IN PLASMAS.

ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. PONDEROMOTIVE SELF-CHANNELING -- 3. CHARACTERISTIC BEAM PROPAGATION EQUATION -- 4. STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING -- 5. STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING -- 6. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- APOLOGY -- REFERENCES -- ADVANCED CO2 LASER-INDUCED PLASMA PROCESSING AND ITS APPLICATION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION AND MOTIVATION -- 2. LIQUID-ASSISTED CO2 LASER PROCESSING -- 2.1. Liquid-Assisted CO2 Laser Cutting -- 2.1.1. Pure-Water Assisted CO2 Laser Cutting -- 2.1.2. Surfactant and Pure Water Mixing Liquid Assisted CO2 Laser Cutting -- 2.2. Pure-Water Assisted CO2 Laser Drilling -- 2.3. Liquid-Assisted CO2 Laser Micromachining for Capillary-Driven Bio-Fluidic Application -- 3. COVER-LAYER PROTECTION PROCESSING -- 3.1. PDMS Protection Processing for PMMA -- 3.2. PDMS Protection Processing for Pyrex Glass -- 4. GLASS-ASSISTED CO2 LASER PROCESSING -- 5. LASER TREATMENT TECHNIQUE -- 6. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.