| Table of Contents |
| 1. | Laser Physics for Materials Scientists: A Primer | 1 |
| 1.1. | Introduction / Richard F. Haglund | 1 |
| 1.2. | Fundamentals of Laser-Materials Interactions / Richard F. Haglund | 4 |
| 1.3. | Fundamentals of Laser Physics / Richard F. Haglund | 7 |
| 1.3.1. | Electromagnetic Waves in a Medium with Gain and Absorption / Richard F. Haglund | 7 |
| 1.3.2. | Creating Gain in a Laser Medium / Richard F. Haglund | 8 |
| 1.3.3. | Laser Oscillators: Theory / Richard F. Haglund | 9 |
| 1.3.4. | Mode-Locked Oscillators / Richard F. Haglund | 12 |
| 1.3.5. | Laser Amplifiers / Richard F. Haglund | 13 |
| 1.4. | Laser Systems Used in Materials Processing / Richard F. Haglund | 15 |
| 1.4.1. | Laser Oscillators / Richard F. Haglund | 15 |
| 1.4.2. | Amplified Laser Systems / Richard F. Haglund | 20 |
| 1.4.3. | Control of Laser Pulse Duration / Richard F. Haglund | 22 |
| 1.5. | A Tunable Picosecond Laser for Polymer Processing in the Mid-Infrared / Richard F. Haglund | 24 |
| 1.6. | Conclusion / Richard F. Haglund | 27 |
| | References / Richard F. Haglund | 27 |
| 2. | Material Response to Laser Energy Deposition (Thermal and Hyperthermal Processes) / Richard F. Haglund | 29 |
| 2.1. | Introduction / Juergen Reif | 29 |
| 2.2. | Basic Considerations / Juergen Reif | 30 |
| 2.2.1. | Thermodynamics / Juergen Reif | 31 |
| 2.2.2. | Deposition of Laser Energy / Juergen Reif | 32 |
| 2.3. | Beyond Thermal Equilibrium (Hyperthermal Processes) / Juergen Reif | 36 |
| 2.3.1. | Homogeneous Boiling / Juergen Reif | 36 |
| 2.3.2. | Ultrashort Excitation: Self-organized Nano-structure Formation / Juergen Reif | 37 |
| 2.4. | Summary / Juergen Reif | 40 |
| | References / Juergen Reif | 41 |
| 3. | Non-Thermal Material Response to Laser Energy Deposition / Juergen Reif | 43 |
| 3.1. | Introduction / Wolfgang Kautek, Oskar Armbruster | 43 |
| 3.2. | Response of Metals / Wolfgang Kautek, Oskar Armbruster | 44 |
| 3.2.1. | The Two-Temperature Model / Wolfgang Kautek, Oskar Armbruster | 44 |
| 3.2.2. | Hot Electron Transport / Wolfgang Kautek, Oskar Armbruster | 47 |
| 3.2.3. | Hot Electron Pressure / Wolfgang Kautek, Oskar Armbruster | 49 |
| 3.2.4. | Hot Electron Emission / Wolfgang Kautek, Oskar Armbruster | 51 |
| 3.3. | Response of Dielectrics and Semiconductors / Wolfgang Kautek, Oskar Armbruster | 53 |
| 3.3.1. | Impact/Avalanche and Multiphoton Ionization / Wolfgang Kautek, Oskar Armbruster | 53 |
| 3.3.2. | Non-Thermal Melting / Wolfgang Kautek, Oskar Armbruster | 56 |
| 3.3.3. | Coulomb Explosion / Wolfgang Kautek, Oskar Armbruster | 59 |
| 3.3.4. | Photochemical Ablation / Wolfgang Kautek, Oskar Armbruster | 60 |
| 3.3.5. | 3D Stereolithography / Wolfgang Kautek, Oskar Armbruster | 61 |
| 3.4. | Conclusion / Wolfgang Kautek, Oskar Armbruster | 62 |
| | References / Wolfgang Kautek, Oskar Armbruster | 64 |
| 4. | Atomic Movies of Laser-Induced Structural and Phase Transformations from Molecular Dynamics Simulations / Wolfgang Kautek, Oskar Armbruster | 67 |
| 4.1. | Introduction / Chengping Wu, Eaman T. Karim, Alexey N. Volkov, Leonid V. Zhigilei | 67 |
| 4.2. | Representation of Laser Excitation in Classical Molecular Dynamics / Chengping Wu, Eaman T. Karim, Alexey N. Volkov, Leonid V. Zhigilei | 69 |
| 4.3. | Atomic Movies from MD Simulations of Laser-Material Interactions / Chengping Wu, Eaman T. Karim, Alexey N. Volkov, Leonid V. Zhigilei | 72 |
| 4.3.1. | Laser Melting / Chengping Wu, Eaman T. Karim, Alexey N. Volkov, Leonid V. Zhigilei | 73 |
| 4.3.2. | Generation of Crystal Defects / Chengping Wu, Eaman T. Karim, Alexey N. Volkov, Leonid V. Zhigilei | 76 |
| 4.3.3. | Photomechanical Spallation / Chengping Wu, Eaman T. Karim, Alexey N. Volkov, Leonid V. Zhigilei | 81 |
| 4.3.4. | Phase Explosion and Cluster Ejection / Chengping Wu, Eaman T. Karim, Alexey N. Volkov, Leonid V. Zhigilei | 86 |
| 4.3.5. | Matrix-Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation / Chengping Wu, Eaman T. Karim, Alexey N. Volkov, Leonid V. Zhigilei | 89 |
| 4.4. | Concluding Remarks and Future Directions / Chengping Wu, Eaman T. Karim, Alexey N. Volkov, Leonid V. Zhigilei | 92 |
| | References / Chengping Wu, Eaman T. Karim, Alexey N. Volkov, Leonid V. Zhigilei | 94 |
| 5. | Continuum Models of Ultrashort Laser-Matter Interaction in Application to Wide-Bandgap Dielectrics / Chengping Wu, Eaman T. Karim, Alexey N. Volkov, Leonid V. Zhigilei | 101 |
| 5.1. | Introduction / Nadezhda M. Bulgakova, Vladimir P. Zhukov | 102 |
| 5.2. | Ultrafast Laser Excitation of Wide-Bandgap Dielectrics / Nadezhda M. Bulgakova, Vladimir P. Zhukov | 102 |
| 5.3. | Volume Modifications of Wide-Bandgap Dielectrics / Nadezhda M. Bulgakova, Vladimir P. Zhukov | 106 |
| 5.3.1. | Propagation of Focused Laser Beams Through Non-linear Absorbing Media / Nadezhda M. Bulgakova, Vladimir P. Zhukov | 106 |
| 5.3.2. | 2D Model of Electron Plasma Generation upon Laser Beam Focusing Inside Transparent Solids / Nadezhda M. Bulgakova, Vladimir P. Zhukov | 109 |
| 5.3.3. | Single-Pulse Material Heating and Laser-Induced Stresses / Nadezhda M. Bulgakova, Vladimir P. Zhukov | 115 |
| 5.3.4. | Comments on Multipulse Irradiation Regimes / Nadezhda M. Bulgakova, Vladimir P. Zhukov | 118 |
| 5.4. | Concluding Remarks / Nadezhda M. Bulgakova, Vladimir P. Zhukov | 120 |
| | References / Nadezhda M. Bulgakova, Vladimir P. Zhukov | 121 |
| 6. | Attosecond Pulses for Atomic and Molecular Physics / Nadezhda M. Bulgakova, Vladimir P. Zhukov | 125 |
| 6.1. | Introduction / Francesca Calegari, Giuseppe Sansone, Mauro Nisoli | 125 |
| 6.2. | High-Peak-Power Few-Cycle Pulses / Francesca Calegari, Giuseppe Sansone, Mauro Nisoli | 126 |
| 6.2.1. | Optical Parametric Amplification for the Generation of mJ-Energy Pulses with Stable CEP / Francesca Calegari, Giuseppe Sansone, Mauro Nisoli | 126 |
| 6.2.2. | Hollow-Fiber Compression Technique / Francesca Calegari, Giuseppe Sansone, Mauro Nisoli | 127 |
| 6.2.3. | High-Energy Pulse Compression by Using Gas Ionization / Francesca Calegari, Giuseppe Sansone, Mauro Nisoli | 128 |
| 6.3. | Active and Passive Stabilization of the CEP of Femtosecond Pulses / Francesca Calegari, Giuseppe Sansone, Mauro Nisoli | 129 |
| 6.4. | Generation of Isolated Attosecond Pulses / Francesca Calegari, Giuseppe Sansone, Mauro Nisoli | 130 |
| 6.4.1. | Polarization Gating / Francesca Calegari, Giuseppe Sansone, Mauro Nisoli | 131 |
| 6.4.2. | Ionization Gating / Francesca Calegari, Giuseppe Sansone, Mauro Nisoli | 133 |
| 6.4.3. | Two-Color Gating with Infrared Pulses / Francesca Calegari, Giuseppe Sansone, Mauro Nisoli | 134 |
| 6.5. | Attosecond Metrology / Francesca Calegari, Giuseppe Sansone, Mauro Nisoli | 135 |
| 6.6. | Application of Isolated Attosecond Pulses to Molecular Physics: Electron Localization in D2 / Francesca Calegari, Giuseppe Sansone, Mauro Nisoli | 137 |
| 6.7. | Conclusions / Francesca Calegari, Giuseppe Sansone, Mauro Nisoli | 139 |
| | References / Francesca Calegari, Giuseppe Sansone, Mauro Nisoli | 139 |
| 7. | Laser Interactions for the Synthesis and In Situ Diagnostics of Nanomaterials / Francesca Calegari, Giuseppe Sansone, Mauro Nisoli | 143 |
| 7.1. | Introduction / David B. Geohegan, Alex A. Puretzky, Mina Yoon, Gyula Eres, Chris Rouleau, Kai Xiao, Jeremy Jackson, Jason Readle, Murari Regmi, Norbert Thonnard, Gerd Duscher, Matt Chisholm, Karren More | 143 |
| 7.2. | Cluster and Nanoparticle Growth in Pulsed Laser Vaporization / David B. Geohegan, Alex A. Puretzky, Mina Yoon, Gyula Eres, Chris Rouleau, Kai Xiao, Jeremy Jackson, Jason Readle, Murari Regmi, Norbert Thonnard, Gerd Duscher, Matt Chisholm, Karren More | 145 |
| 7.3. | Characterization and Modeling of Ultrasmall Nanoparticle "Building Blocks" / David B. Geohegan, Alex A. Puretzky, Mina Yoon, Gyula Eres, Chris Rouleau, Kai Xiao, Jeremy Jackson, Jason Readle, Murari Regmi, Norbert Thonnard, Gerd Duscher, Matt Chisholm, Karren More | 147 |
| 7.4. | Carbon Nanostructure Synthesis in Laser Vaporization / David B. Geohegan, Alex A. Puretzky, Mina Yoon, Gyula Eres, Chris Rouleau, Kai Xiao, Jeremy Jackson, Jason Readle, Murari Regmi, Norbert Thonnard, Gerd Duscher, Matt Chisholm, Karren More | 150 |
| 7.4.1. | Fullerenes / David B. Geohegan, Alex A. Puretzky, Mina Yoon, Gyula Eres, Chris Rouleau, Kai Xiao, Jeremy Jackson, Jason Readle, Murari Regmi, Norbert Thonnard, Gerd Duscher, Matt Chisholm, Karren More | 150 |
| 7.4.2. | Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes / David B. Geohegan, Alex A. Puretzky, Mina Yoon, Gyula Eres, Chris Rouleau, Kai Xiao, Jeremy Jackson, Jason Readle, Murari Regmi, Norbert Thonnard, Gerd Duscher, Matt Chisholm, Karren More | 151 |
| 7.4.3. | Single-Wall Carbon Nanohorns / David B. Geohegan, Alex A. Puretzky, Mina Yoon, Gyula Eres, Chris Rouleau, Kai Xiao, Jeremy Jackson, Jason Readle, Murari Regmi, Norbert Thonnard, Gerd Duscher, Matt Chisholm, Karren More | 153 |
| 7.5. | Laser Diagnostics of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Growth by Chemical Vapor Deposition / David B. Geohegan, Alex A. Puretzky, Mina Yoon, Gyula Eres, Chris Rouleau, Kai Xiao, Jeremy Jackson, Jason Readle, Murari Regmi, Norbert Thonnard, Gerd Duscher, Matt Chisholm, Karren More | 154 |
| 7.6. | Graphene and Beyond: Laser Processing for 2D Layered Materials / David B. Geohegan, Alex A. Puretzky, Mina Yoon, Gyula Eres, Chris Rouleau, Kai Xiao, Jeremy Jackson, Jason Readle, Murari Regmi, Norbert Thonnard, Gerd Duscher, Matt Chisholm, Karren More | 164 |
| 7.6.1. | Mechanical and Chemical Exfoliation Methods and Laser Processing / Kai Xiao, Chris Rouleau, Gyula Eres, Mina Yoon, Alex A. Puretzky, David B. Geohegan, Karren More, Jason Readle, Murari Regmi, Norbert Thonnard, Gerd Duscher, Matt Chisholm, Jeremy Jackson | 164 |
| 7.6.2. | Laser Interactions in the Synthesis and Characterization of Graphene and other 2D Nanosheets / Kai Xiao, Chris Rouleau, Gyula Eres, Mina Yoon, Alex A. Puretzky, David B. Geohegan, Jeremy Jackson, Karren More, Matt Chisholm, Gerd Duscher, Norbert Thonnard, Murari Regmi, Jason Readle | 165 |
| 7.7. | Summary / David B. Geohegan, Alex A. Puretzky, Mina Yoon, Gyula Eres, Chris Rouleau, Kai Xiao, Karren More, Gerd Duscher, Norbert Thonnard, Murari Regmi, Jason Readle, Jeremy Jackson, Matt Chisholm | 168 |
| | References / Karren More, David B. Geohegan, Alex A. Puretzky, Mina Yoon, Gyula Eres, Chris Rouleau, Kai Xiao, Jeremy Jackson, Jason Readle, Murari Regmi, Norbert Thonnard, Gerd Duscher, Matt Chisholm | 169 |
| 8. | Laser-Mediated Nanoparticle Synthesis and Self-Assembling / David B. Geohegan, Alex A. Puretzky, Mina Yoon, Gyula Eres, Karren More, Matt Chisholm, Chris Rouleau, Norbert Thonnard, Murari Regmi, Jason Readle, Jeremy Jackson, Kai Xiao, Gerd Duscher | 175 |
| 8.1. | Introduction / Sebastiano Trusso, Fortunato Neri, Enza Fazio, Paolo M. Ossi, Nisha R. Agarwal | 176 |
| 8.2. | Propagation of an Ablation Plasma Through an Ambient Gas / Enza Fazio, Sebastiano Trusso, Fortunato Neri, Nisha R. Agarwal, Paolo M. Ossi | 177 |
| 8.3. | Synthesis of Nanoparticles in the Expanding Plasma / Enza Fazio, Nisha R. Agarwal, Paolo M. Ossi, Fortunato Neri, Sebastiano Trusso | 184 |
| 8.4. | Nanoparticle Self-Assembling on a Substrate and Film Growth / Enza Fazio, Fortunato Neri, Sebastiano Trusso, Paolo M. Ossi, Nisha R. Agarwal | 189 |
| 8.5. | Nanoparticle Production Via Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquid / Fortunato Neri, Enza Fazio, Nisha R. Agarwal, Paolo M. Ossi, Sebastiano Trusso | 192 |
| 8.6. | Nanoparticle Synthesis Using fs Laser Pulses / Paolo M. Ossi, Nisha R. Agarwal, Enza Fazio, Fortunato Neri, Sebastiano Trusso | 198 |
| 8.7. | Nanoparticle-Assembled Surfaces with Directed Artificial Roughness: Selected Applications / Nisha R. Agarwal, Enza Fazio, Paolo M. Ossi, Fortunato Neri, Sebastiano Trusso | 202 |
| 8.8. | Conclusions and Perspectives / Paolo M. Ossi, Nisha R. Agarwal, Enza Fazio, Sebastiano Trusso, Fortunato Neri | 209 |
| | References / Sebastiano Trusso, Paolo M. Ossi, Nisha R. Agarwal, Enza Fazio, Fortunato Neri | 210 |
| 9. | Nano-cluster Assembled Films, Produced by Pulsed Laser Deposition, for Catalysis and the Photocatalysis / Fortunato Neri, Sebastiano Trusso, Nisha R. Agarwal, Paolo M. Ossi, Enza Fazio | 213 |
| 9.1. | Introduction / A. Miotello, N. Patel | 214 |
| 9.2. | Cobalt NPs Produced by PLD for Hydrolysis of Chemical Hydrides / N. Patel, A. Miotello | 214 |
| 9.2.1. | Co NPs Embedded in B-Matrix Film (Co-NP-B-MA) / N. Patel, A. Miotello | 214 |
| 9.2.2. | Co-NP-B-MA Nano-catalyst Supported Over Rough Carbon Films / A. Miotello, N. Patel | 218 |
| 9.3. | Co-oxide NPs Produced by PLD for Photocatalysis Application / A. Miotello, N. Patel | 221 |
| 9.3.1. | Co3O4 NPs Assembled Coating Photocatalyst / A. Miotello, N. Patel | 221 |
| 9.4. | Conclusions / A. Miotello, N. Patel | 224 |
| | References / N. Patel, A. Miotello | 224 |
| 10. | Multifunctional Oxides Obtained by PLD: Applications as Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials / A. Miotello, N. Patel | 227 |
| 10.1. | Introduction / F. Craciun, N.D. Scarisoreanu, Maria Dinescu | 228 |
| 10.2. | Relaxor Ferroelectric PLZT Thin Films / F. Craciun, N.D. Scarisoreanu, Maria Dinescu | 232 |
| 10.2.1. | PLZT 9/65/35 Thin Films / F. Craciun, Maria Dinescu, N.D. Scarisoreanu | 232 |
| 10.2.2. | PLZT 22/20/80 Thin Films / N.D. Scarisoreanu, Maria Dinescu, F. Craciun | 236 |
| 10.3. | Relaxor Ferroelectric PMN-PT Thin Films / F. Craciun, N.D. Scarisoreanu, Maria Dinescu | 243 |
| 10.4. | Lead-Free SBN Thin Films / F. Craciun, Maria Dinescu, N.D. Scarisoreanu | 247 |
| 10.5. | Lead-Free Ferroelectric NBT-BT Thin Films / N.D. Scarisoreanu, Maria Dinescu, F. Craciun | 258 |
| 10.6. | Conclusions / N.D. Scarisoreanu, Maria Dinescu, F. Craciun | 263 |
| 10.7. | Perspectives / N.D. Scarisoreanu, Maria Dinescu, F. Craciun | 264 |
| | References / N.D. Scarisoreanu, Maria Dinescu, F. Craciun | 266 |
| 11. | Biomaterial Thin Films by Soft Pulsed Laser Technologies for Biomedical Applications / N.D. Scarisoreanu, Maria Dinescu, F. Craciun | 271 |
| 11.1. | Introduction / Ion N. Mihailescu, Adriana Bigi, Eniko Gyorgy, Carmen Ristoscu, Felix Sima, Ebru Toksoy Oner | 272 |
| 11.2. | MAPLE Set-up / Ion N. Mihailescu, Adriana Bigi, Eniko Gyorgy, Carmen Ristoscu, Felix Sima, Ebru Toksoy Oner | 273 |
| 11.3. | MAPLE Layers for DDS / Ion N. Mihailescu, Adriana Bigi, Eniko Gyorgy, Carmen Ristoscu, Felix Sima, Ebru Toksoy Oner | 275 |
| 11.3.1. | Bisphosphonate-Hydroxyapatite Thin Films / Ion N. Mihailescu, Adriana Bigi, Eniko Gyorgy, Carmen Ristoscu, Felix Sima, Ebru Toksoy Oner | 275 |
| 11.3.2. | RNase A / Ion N. Mihailescu, Adriana Bigi, Eniko Gyorgy, Carmen Ristoscu, Felix Sima, Ebru Toksoy Oner | 277 |
| 11.3.3. | Levan / Ion N. Mihailescu, Adriana Bigi, Eniko Gyorgy, Carmen Ristoscu, Felix Sima, Ebru Toksoy Oner | 282 |
| 11.4. | MAPLE Layers for BS / Ion N. Mihailescu, Adriana Bigi, Eniko Gyorgy, Carmen Ristoscu, Felix Sima, Ebru Toksoy Oner | 285 |
| 11.4.1. | IgG / Ion N. Mihailescu, Adriana Bigi, Eniko Gyorgy, Carmen Ristoscu, Felix Sima, Ebru Toksoy Oner | 285 |
| 11.5. | MAPLE Layers for BCI / Ion N. Mihailescu, Adriana Bigi, Eniko Gyorgy, Carmen Ristoscu, Felix Sima, Ebru Toksoy Oner | 287 |
| 11.5.1. | Magnesium and Strontium Doped Octacalcium Phosphate Thin Films / Ion N. Mihailescu, Adriana Bigi, Eniko Gyorgy, Carmen Ristoscu, Felix Sima, Ebru Toksoy Oner | 287 |
| 11.6. | Conclusions / Ion N. Mihailescu, Adriana Bigi, Eniko Gyorgy, Carmen Ristoscu, Felix Sima, Ebru Toksoy Oner | 290 |
| | References / Ion N. Mihailescu, Adriana Bigi, Eniko Gyorgy, Carmen Ristoscu, Felix Sima, Ebru Toksoy Oner | 290 |
| 12. | MAPLE and MALDI: Theory and Experiments / Ion N. Mihailescu, Adriana Bigi, Eniko Gyorgy, Carmen Ristoscu, Felix Sima, Ebru Toksoy Oner | 295 |
| 12.1. | Introduction / Anna Paola Caricato | 295 |
| 12.2. | MALDI: Basic Principles and Applications / Anna Paola Caricato | 297 |
| 12.3. | MAPLE: Basic Principles / Anna Paola Caricato | 299 |
| 12.4. | MAPLE: Applications and Influence of Deposition Parameters / Anna Paola Caricato | 304 |
| 12.4.1. | Polymer Film Deposition / Anna Paola Caricato | 305 |
| 12.4.2. | Maple Deposition of Bilayer Polymeric Structures / Anna Paola Caricato | 306 |
| 12.4.3. | Organic Materials, Active Protein and Bioactive Thin Films / Anna Paola Caricato | 308 |
| 12.4.4. | Influence of Deposition Parameters / Anna Paola Caricato | 310 |
| 12.4.5. | Deposition of Colloidal Nanoparticles/Nanorods / Anna Paola Caricato | 314 |
| 12.5. | Discussion / Anna Paola Caricato | 317 |
| 12.6. | Conclusions / Anna Paola Caricato | 319 |
| | References / Anna Paola Caricato | 320 |
| 13. | Laser Nanofabrication of Soft Matter / Anna Paola Caricato | 325 |
| 13.1. | Soft Matter / Marta Castillejo, Tiberio A. Ezquerra, Mohamed Oujja, Esther Rebollar | 325 |
| 13.2. | Laser Nanofabrication / Marta Castillejo, Tiberio A. Ezquerra, Mohamed Oujja, Esther Rebollar | 327 |
| 13.3. | Laser Induced Periodic Surface Structures of Thin Polymer Films / Marta Castillejo, Tiberio A. Ezquerra, Mohamed Oujja, Esther Rebollar | 328 |
| 13.3.1. | LIPSS Formation and Mechanisms / Marta Castillejo, Tiberio A. Ezquerra, Mohamed Oujja, Esther Rebollar | 328 |
| 13.3.2. | Application of LIPSS Polymer Substrates for Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy / Marta Castillejo, Tiberio A. Ezquerra, Mohamed Oujja, Esther Rebollar | 335 |
| 13.4. | Laser Foaming of Biopolymer Films / Marta Castillejo, Tiberio A. Ezquerra, Mohamed Oujja, Esther Rebollar | 337 |
| 13.4.1. | The Role of Wavelength and Pulse Duration in Laser Foaming / Marta Castillejo, Tiberio A. Ezquerra, Mohamed Oujja, Esther Rebollar | 337 |
| 13.4.2. | Cell Culture on Laser Foamed Biopolymer Films / Marta Castillejo, Tiberio A. Ezquerra, Mohamed Oujja, Esther Rebollar | 340 |
| 13.5. | Conclusions / Marta Castillejo, Tiberio A. Ezquerra, Mohamed Oujja, Esther Rebollar | 341 |
| | References / Marta Castillejo, Tiberio A. Ezquerra, Mohamed Oujja, Esther Rebollar | 342 |
| 14. | Industrial Applications of Laser-Material Interactions for Coating Formation / Marta Castillejo, Tiberio A. Ezquerra, Mohamed Oujja, Esther Rebollar | 345 |
| 14.1. | Introduction / Peter Schaaf, Daniel Höche | 345 |
| 14.1.1. | The Free Electron Laser / Peter Schaaf, Daniel Höche | 346 |
| 14.1.2. | Direct Laser Synthesis / Peter Schaaf, Daniel Höche | 347 |
| 14.1.3. | Protective Coatings and TiN / Peter Schaaf, Daniel Höche | 348 |
| 14.2. | Experiments / Peter Schaaf, Daniel Höche | 349 |
| 14.2.1. | Sample Preparation and Setup / Peter Schaaf, Daniel Höche | 349 |
| 14.2.2. | Analysis Methods / Peter Schaaf, Daniel Höche | 350 |
| 14.3. | Results / Peter Schaaf, Daniel Höche | 350 |
| 14.3.1. | FEL Irradiation at CW-Mode / Peter Schaaf, Daniel Höche | 350 |
| 14.3.2. | FEL Irradiation at Pulsed Mode / Peter Schaaf, Daniel Höche | 352 |
| 14.4. | Conclusions / Peter Schaaf, Daniel Höche | 355 |
| | References / Peter Schaaf, Daniel Höche | 356 |
| 15. | Ultrafast Laser Micro- and Nano-Processing of Glasses / Peter Schaaf, Daniel Höche | 359 |
| 15.1. | Introduction / Koji Sugioka | 359 |
| 15.2. | Surface Micromachining / Koji Sugioka | 361 |
| 15.3. | Internal Modification and 3D Micro/Nanofabrication / Koji Sugioka | 362 |
| 15.3.1. | Photonic Device Fabrication / Koji Sugioka | 362 |
| 15.3.2. | Microfluidic Device Fabrication / Koji Sugioka | 364 |
| 15.3.3. | Optofluidic Device Fabrication / Koji Sugioka | 369 |
| 15.4. | Processing by Pulse Shaping Technique / Koji Sugioka | 374 |
| 15.5. | Summary / Koji Sugioka | 376 |
| | References / Koji Sugioka | 377 |
| | Index / Koji Sugioka | 381 |
