Response of materials to laser radiation: A short course
Abstract
A tutorial discussion of the response of materials to laser radiation is presented, with emphasis on simple, intuitive models. Topics discussed include optical reflectivity of metals at IR wavelengths laser-induced heat flow in materials, the effects of melting and vaporization, the impulse generated in materials by pulsed radiation, and the influence of the absorption of laser radiation in the blowoff region in front of the irradiated material.
- Publication:
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Naval Research Lab. Report
- Pub Date:
- July 1974
- Bibcode:
- 1974nrl..reptX....S
- Keywords:
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- Lasers;
- Radiation Effects;
- Reaction Kinetics;
- Heating;
- Infrared Radiation;
- Metals;
- Shock Waves;
- Lasers and Masers