Resonance excitation of surface capillary waves to enhance material removal for laser material processing

Sonny Ly1, Gabe Guss2, Alexander M Rubenchik2

  • 1NIF and Photon Sciences, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA. Ly2@llnl.gov.

Scientific Reports
|June 1, 2019
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