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Laser ablation describes the interaction of intense optical fields with matter, in which atoms are selectively driven off by thermal or nonthermal mechanisms. The field of laser ablation physics is advancing so rapidly that its principal results are seen only in specialized journals and conferences. This is the first book that combines the most recent results in this rapidly advancing field with authoritative treatment of laser ablation and its applications, including the physics of high-power laser-matter interaction. Many practical applications exist, ranging from inertial confinement fusion to propulsion of aerostats for pollution monitoring to laser ignition of hypersonic engines to laser cleaning nanoscale contaminants in high-volume computer hard drive manufacture to direct observation of the electronic or dissociative states in atoms and molecules, to studying the properties of materials during 200kbar shocks developed in 200fs. Selecting topics which are representative of such a broad field is difficult. Laser Ablation and its Applications emphasizes the wide range of these topics rather than - as is so often the case in advanced science – focusing on one specialty or discipline. The book is divided into four sections: theory and modeling, ultrafast interactions, material processing and laser-matter interaction in novel regimes. The latter range from MALDI to ICF, SNOM’s and femtosecond nanosurgery to laser space propulsion. The book arose from the SPIE series of High Power Laser Ablation Symposia which began in 1998. It is intended for a graduate course in laser interactions with plasmas and materials, but it should be accessible to anyone with a graduate degree in physics or engineering. It is also intended as a major reference work to familiarize scientists just entering the field with laser ablation and its applications.

Laser ablation --- High power lasers --- Ablation laser (Fabrication) --- Lasers de puissance --- Applied Physics --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Physics. --- Atoms. --- Matter. --- Plasma (Ionized gases). --- Condensed matter. --- Lasers. --- Photonics. --- Electronics. --- Microelectronics. --- Materials --- Thin films. --- Laser Technology, Photonics. --- Condensed Matter Physics. --- Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films. --- Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation. --- Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction. --- Plasma Physics. --- Surfaces. --- Surfaces (Physics). --- Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices. --- Electrical engineering --- Physical sciences --- Physics --- Surface chemistry --- Surfaces (Technology) --- Materials—Surfaces. --- Gaseous discharge --- Gaseous plasma --- Magnetoplasma --- Ionized gases --- Condensed materials --- Condensed media --- Condensed phase --- Materials, Condensed --- Media, Condensed --- Phase, Condensed --- Liquids --- Matter --- Solids --- New optics --- Optics --- Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation --- Masers, Optical --- Optical masers --- Light amplifiers --- Light sources --- Optoelectronic devices --- Nonlinear optics --- Optical parametric oscillators --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Dynamics --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Stereochemistry --- Microminiature electronic equipment --- Microminiaturization (Electronics) --- Electronics --- Microtechnology --- Semiconductors --- Miniature electronic equipment --- Films, Thin --- Solid film --- Solid state electronics --- Coatings --- Thick films --- Constitution --- Laser ablation. --- High power lasers. --- Lasers --- Ablation, Laser --- Laser-induced ablation --- Manufacturing processes --- Industrial applications