Laser ablation for materials synthesis

Abstract

The large number of acronyms that are used in the literature to describe the laser deposition process that was the subject of Symposium N at the Materials Research Society 1990 Spring Meeting, Laser Ablation for Materials Synthesis, has reduced the overall visibility of this technique. nevertheless, this two day symposium attracted considerable attention with 44 contributed papers which covered a wide range of topics including fundamental processes, novel applications, and process optimization. Roughly half of the contributed papers in this symposium concerned the deposition of high T{sub c} superconductors -- an application for which this technique has been repeatedly proven. The remaining half of the submitted papers demonstrated the versatility of Pulsed Laser Deposition in the synthesis of semiconductor epitaxial layers, band gap engineered layers, diamond-like carbon, ferroelectrics, SiC, and metallic thin films.