Browsing by Keywords "Ablation"
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Ablation-cooled material removal at high speed with femtosecond pulse bursts
(OSA, 2015)We report exploitation of ablation cooling, a concept well-known in rocket design, to remove materials, including metals, silicon, hard and soft tissue. Exciting possibilities include ablation using sub-microjoule pulses ... -
Fluence of thulium laser system in skin ablation
(IEEE, 2010)Tm:YAP laser system at power levels up to 1.2 W at 1980 nm was established in both continuous-wave and modulated modes of operation. The fluence effect of the laser system for skin ablation was analyzed by histology analysis ... -
Generation of picosecond pulses directly from a 100 W, burst-mode, doping-managed Yb-doped fiber amplifier
(Optical Society of America, 2014)Burst-mode laser systems offer increased effectiveness in material processing while requiring lower individual pulse energies. Fiber amplifiers operating in this regime generate low powers in the order of 1 W. We present ... -
Generation of ultra-small InN nanocrystals by pulsed laser ablation of suspension in organic solution
(Springer Verlag, 2017-03)Nanostructures of InN have been extensively investigated since nano-size provides a number of advantages allowing applications in nanoscale electronic and optoelectronic devices. It is quite important to obtain pure InN ... -
High-speed, thermal damage-free ablation of brain tissue with femtosecond pulse bursts
(IEEE, 2016)We report a novel ultrafast burst mode fiber laser system and results on ablation of rat brain tissue at rates approaching an order of magnitude improvement over previous reports, with no discernible thermal damage. © 2015 IEEE. -
Nanosecond pulsed laser ablated sub-10 nm silicon nanoparticles for improving photovoltaic conversion efficiency of commercial solar cells
(Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd., 2017)In this paper, we demonstrate the enhancement of photovoltaic (PV) solar cell efficiency using luminescent silicon nanoparticles (Si-NPs). Sub-10 nm Si-NPs are synthesized via pulsed laser ablation technique. These ultra-small ... -
Novel one-step synthesis of silica nanoparticles from sugarbeet bagasse by laser ablation and their effects on the growth of freshwater algae culture
(Elsevier, 2014)Scientific research involving nanotechnology has grown exponentially and has led to the development of engineered nanoparticles (NPs). Silica NPs have been used in numerous scientific and technological applications over ... -
Rapid fabrication of microfluidic PDMS devices from reusable PDMS molds using laser ablation
(Institute of Physics Publishing, 2016)The conventional fabrication methods for microfluidic devices require cleanroom processes that are costly and time-consuming. We present a novel, facile, and low-cost method for rapid fabrication of polydimethylsiloxane ... -
SSFP-based MR thermometry
(John Wiley & Sons, 2004)Of the various techniques employed to quantify temperature changes by MR, proton resonance frequency (PRF) shift-based phase-difference imaging (PDI) is the most accurate and widely used. However, PDI is associated with ... -
Synthesis of blue-shifted luminescent colloidal GaN nanocrystals through femtosecond pulsed laser ablation in organic solution
(Springer Netherlands, 2016-05)We demonstrate the synthesis of GaN nanocrystals (NCs) with the sizes of less than the doubled exciton Bohr radius leading quantum confinement effects via a single-step technique. The generation of colloidal GaN nanoparticles ... -
Synthesis of colloidal 2D / 3D MoS2 nanostructures by pulsed laser ablation in an organic liquid environment
(American Chemical Society, 2014)Two-dimensional MoS2 nanosheets (2D MoS2 NS) and fullerene-like MoS2 nanostructures (3D MoS2 NS) with varying sizes are synthesized by nanosecond laser ablation of hexagonal crystalline 2H-MoS2 powder in organic solution ... -
Terahertz time-domain study of silver nanoparticles synthesized by laser ablation in organic liquid
(IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, 2016-07)We report the investigation of laser-synthesized Ag nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) in an organic liquid environment by using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) technique. Colloidal Ag-NPs with an average diameter of 10 ...