Iron chromium oxide microspheres were generated by pulsed laser irradiation on the surface of two commercial samples of stainless steel at room temperature. An Ytterbium pulsed fiber laser was used for this purpose. Raman spectroscopy was used for the characterization of the microspheres, whose size was found to be about 0.2-1.7 μm, as revealed by SEM analysis. The laser irradiation on the surf...

BACKGROUND The current modality of choice for the treatment of Port-wine stains (PWS) is laser photocoagulation. Laser therapy for the treatment of PWS, especially with a pulsed dye laser (PDL), has been proven safe and effective; however, because penetration of the PDL is too shallow for an effective ablation of the blebs, treatment of blebbed PWS, using PDL, may be insufficient. OBJECTIVE W...

Tungsten rods of 1×1×3mm were exposed at the outer divertor plate of ASDEX Upgrade using a manipulator system. Controlled melting of the W rod in H-mode discharges was induced by moving the outer strike point towards the W-rod position. Visible light emission of ejected W droplets was recorded by fast camera systems. The resulting increase of tungsten concentration in the confined plasma was co...

Understanding the thermodynamic behavior and growth kinetics of colloidal nanoparticles (NPs) is essential to synthesize materials with desirable structures and properties. In this paper, we present specific uncapped Te colloidal NPs obtained through laser ablation of Te in various protic or aprotic solvents. At ambient temperature and pressure, the uncapped Te NPs spontaneously exhibited analo...

This work investigates interface kinetics during nanosecond pulsed excimer ablation of a metal. During laser heating, the surface can reach a temperature higher than the normal boiling point, resulting in a superheated, metastable state. Phase explosion occurs as the temperature approaches the thermodynamic critical point, which turns the melt into a mixture of liquid and vapor. However, for ph...

The depth of mass ablation in planar Sn targets during the interaction with a pulsed Nd:YAG laser was investigated. The pulse duration and laser spot size were fixed, and the laser energy was varied to achieve laser intensities from approximately 10 to 10 W/cm, which is relevant to the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography application. The ablation depth was measured by irradiating layered targ...