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APPLICATIONS OF FREE-ELECTRON LASERS IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, MEDICINE AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

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advent of broadly tunable free-electron lasers with a combination of high irradiance, low-to-moderate pulse energy, high pulse repetition frequency and high average power has opened new opportunities in materials analysis, modification and processing. This paper describes several such areas, including laser surgery, infrared laser-assisted mass spectrometry, and resonant infrared pulsed laser deposition of polymer thin films.

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HAGLUND, R.F. (2006). APPLICATIONS OF FREE-ELECTRON LASERS IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, MEDICINE AND MATERIALS SCIENCE. In: Dubowski, J.J., Tanev, S. (eds) Photon-based Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology. NATO Science Series, vol 239. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5523-2_8

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