Laser ablation in liquids is growing in popularity for various applications including
nanoparticle production, breakdown spectroscopy, and surface functionalization. When …

We present a fast, displacement-measuring, single-pass, two-detector homodyne
quadrature laser interferometer and compare its performance with an arm-compensated …

A Nd: YAG laser with 7-ns pulses and pulse energies up to 10 mJ is used to induce an
optical breakdown in the front surface of an aluminum rod, covered by a water layer. The rod …

The reflection of light from the surface of an elastic solid gives rise to various types of elastic
waves that propagate inside the solid. The weakest waves are generally those that are …

During the interaction of a laser pulse with the surface of a solid object, the object always
gains momentum. The delivered force impulse is manifested as propulsion. Initially, the …

An oblique reflection of a laser pulse from a fully reflective mirror is treated using the
fundamental nonrelativistic conservation principles of energy and momentum. Since the …

We report on the successful realization of a contactless, non-perturbing, displacement-
measuring system for characterizing the surface roughness of polymer materials used in …

The term optodynamics has been introduced to describe a wide range of optically induced
dynamic phenomena, which play an important role in laser–material processes as well as in …

Purpose A nondestructive, noncontact approach for the estimation of elastic parameters of
fully clamped thin sheet is presented in current work. Frequency response of pulsed laser …

Usually, ultrasonic detection is obtained by conventional contact techniques. In some critical
cases such as working at hard environmental conditions (hot oven or nuclear field) or …