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Laser-Induced Surface Ripples: What is Understood and What is Not

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

P.M. Fauchet  and
A.E. Siegman
P.M. Fauchet
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ08544
A.E. Siegman
Affiliation:
Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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Abstract

The most predominant ripple properties can be explained by existing perturbative theories. We present experimental results on novel types of ripples, which suggest that theory has to go beyond first-order perturbation and that the material's response is not well understood.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 35: Symposium A – Energy Beam-Solid Interactions and Transient Thermal Processing/1984 , 1984 , 199
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1985

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