Laser-surface Interactions For New Materials Production: Tailoring Structure And Properties

Springer Series in materials science 130 Springer Series in materials science Editors: R. Hull C. Jagadish R.M. Osgood, Jr. J. Parisi Z. Wang H. Warlimont The Springer Series in Materials Science covers the complete spectrum of materials physics, including fundamental principles, physical properties, materials theory and design. Recognizing the increasing importance of materials science in future device technologies, the book titles in this series ref lect the state-of-the-art in understanding and controlling the structure and properties of all important classes of materials. Please view available titles in Springer Series in Materials Science on series homepage http://www.springer.com/series/856 Antonio Miotello Paolo M. Ossi Editors Laser-Surface Interactions for New Materials Production Tailoring Structure and Properties With 206 Figures 123 Editors Professor Antonio Miotello Professor Paolo M. Ossi Università di Trento Dipartimento di Fisica Via Sommarive 14, 38050 Povo, Italy E-mail: [email protected] Politecnico di Milano Dipartimento di Energia Centre for NanoEngineered Materials and Surfaces via Ponzio 34-3, 20133 Milano, Italy E-mail: [email protected] Series Editors: Professor Robert Hull Professor J¨urgen Parisi University of Virginia Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering Thornton Hall Charlottesville, VA 22903-2442, USA Universit¨at Oldenburg, Fachbereich Physik Abt. Energie- und Halbleiterforschung Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße 9–11 26129 Oldenburg, Germany Professor Chennupati Jagadish Dr. Zhiming Wang Australian National University Research School of Physics and Engineering J4-22, Carver Building Canberra ACT 0200, Australia University of Arkansas Department of Physics 835 W. Dicknson St. Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA Professor R. M. Osgood, Jr. Professor Hans Warlimont Microelectronics Science Laboratory Department of Electrical Engineering Columbia University Seeley W. Mudd Building New York, NY 10027, USA DSL Dresden Material-Innovation GmbH Pirnaer Landstr. 176 01257 Dresden, Germany Springer Series in Materials Science ISSN 0933-033X ISBN 978-3-642-03306-3 e-ISBN 978-3-642-03307-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-03307-0 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009934001 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specif ically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microf ilm or in any other way, and storage in