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Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 3, 271(2020)

Enhancement of femtosecond laser-induced surface ablation via temporal overlapping double-pulse irradiation

Zhenyuan Lin^1,2, Lingfei Ji^2,3, and Minghui Hong^1、*

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¹Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576, Singapore

²Institute of Laser Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China

³e-mail: ncltji@bjut.edu.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

Received: Sep. 30, 2019

Accepted: Dec. 14, 2019

Published Online: Feb. 12, 2020

The Author Email: Minghui Hong (elehmh@nus.edu.sg)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.379254

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Lasers and Laser Optics

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