Atomistic Structure and Dynamic Evolution of Shock Waves in Laser-material Interaction

By: Xinwei Wang Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University This work reports on the pioneering molecular dynamics (MD) modeling of shock waves in laser-material processing. For pulsed laser-assisted material processing with an ambient gas, the fast melting, vaporization, and phase explosion of the target is a very complicated process and will form a strong […]

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Scribing of Thin Films with Picosecond Laser Pulses for CIGS Solar Cells

By: P.Gečys, G. Račiukaitis, M.Gedvilas, A. Braun, S. Ragnow Laboratory for Applied Research, Center for Physical Science and Technology, Lithuania Solarion AG, Germany Low material consumption, the possibility of deposition on large areas, use of cheap and flexible substrates make the thin-film photovoltaic elements the most promising technology to achieve a significant cost reduction in […]

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