Laser is a major invention in the 20th century, due to its good directionality, high energy, and monochromatism. In the process of the interaction between laser and materials, the energy can be deposited on materials in a very short time, resulting in phase transition, ablation, ionization, and other effects. In this regard, laser technologies have become one of the advanced technologies in modern industrial manufacturing, replacing traditional mechanical processing in various fields, such as biomedicine, chip production, and environmental governance, with advantages of higher precision, greater flexibility, smaller thermal effects, and wider applications.
Laser-material interaction entails complex physical processes, which are closely related to the types and characteristics of materials, laser parameters, and ablation environment, such as nonlinear ionization, phase change processes, plasma effects, shock wave effects, and radiation effects. These laser effects will lead to various types of applications, e.g., cold processing dominated by ultrashort pulses, EUV lithography technology, super hard and ultra-brittle material manufacturing, mid infrared laser and biological applications, photodynamic therapy, and laser environmental monitoring and disinfection, which have greatly expanded the scope of laser applications.
This Research Topic aims to collect state-of-the-art Original Research and Review articles on the advances and applications of laser-material interaction to promote the growth of the laser industry. Main themes include, but are not limited to:
• Laser effects
• Laser ablation
• Characteristics and applications of laser plasma
• Laser precision manufacturing
• Applications in environment and energy
• Applications in biological field
• Detection of laser action
• Strong-field physics
• Novel laser technologies
Laser is a major invention in the 20th century, due to its good directionality, high energy, and monochromatism. In the process of the interaction between laser and materials, the energy can be deposited on materials in a very short time, resulting in phase transition, ablation, ionization, and other effects. In this regard, laser technologies have become one of the advanced technologies in modern industrial manufacturing, replacing traditional mechanical processing in various fields, such as biomedicine, chip production, and environmental governance, with advantages of higher precision, greater flexibility, smaller thermal effects, and wider applications.
Laser-material interaction entails complex physical processes, which are closely related to the types and characteristics of materials, laser parameters, and ablation environment, such as nonlinear ionization, phase change processes, plasma effects, shock wave effects, and radiation effects. These laser effects will lead to various types of applications, e.g., cold processing dominated by ultrashort pulses, EUV lithography technology, super hard and ultra-brittle material manufacturing, mid infrared laser and biological applications, photodynamic therapy, and laser environmental monitoring and disinfection, which have greatly expanded the scope of laser applications.
This Research Topic aims to collect state-of-the-art Original Research and Review articles on the advances and applications of laser-material interaction to promote the growth of the laser industry. Main themes include, but are not limited to:
• Laser effects
• Laser ablation
• Characteristics and applications of laser plasma
• Laser precision manufacturing
• Applications in environment and energy
• Applications in biological field
• Detection of laser action
• Strong-field physics
• Novel laser technologies