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Interaction of ultrashort pulses with molecules and solids: Physics and applications

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The interaction of ultrashort laser pulses with molecules and solids is an extremely complex area of science research encompassing the fields of physics, chemistry, and materials science. The physics of interaction has been fairly understood over the last couple of decades and, consequently, several applications have been envisaged from these interactions in the fields of photonics, lithography, biomedicine, sensing, telecommunications etc. In the present article we describe three different components of interaction of ultrashort pulses with matter: (1) with liquid molecules/thin films wherein we present the results from our studies of optical nonlinearities predominantly using picosecond and femtosecond pulses, (2) with molecules/solids wherein plasma generated from the surface was studied for applications in understanding the molecular dynamics and towards identifying high-energy molecules and (3) within the bulk and on the surface of solids (e.g. glasses, bulk polymers and metals) resulting in micro- and nanostructures. Different applications resulting from such interactions in photonics and microfluidics are presented and discussed.

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The author acknowledges the support and encouragement of Prof. D Narayana Rao, Prof. S P Tewari, Dr G Manoj Kumar, Dr P Prem Kiran, Dr P K Panda and Dr L Giribabu. The author gratefully acknowledges the contribution of various students including D Swain, S Sreedhar, E Nageswara Rao, P T Anusha, G Krishna Podagatlapalli, S Hamad, K C Vishnubhatla, R S S Kumar, N Venkatram, K L N Deepak, T Shuvan Prashant, A K Prasad and T Sarma.

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RAO, S.V. Interaction of ultrashort pulses with molecules and solids: Physics and applications. Pramana - J Phys 83, 241–253 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-014-0810-x

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