Übersicht über die Laser-Anwendungen in der Mikro-

1. Introduction.- 1.1 Laser-Assisted Thin-Film Micromachining.- 1.2 Laser-Assisted Microprocessing and Modification of Materials..- 1.3 Laser Micropatterning.- 1.4 Pulsed Laser-Plasma Deposition of Thin Films.- 2. Laser-Based Equipment for Microtechnology.- 2.1 Principal Design of Laser-Based Microtechnological Equipment.- 2.2 Lasers Used in Microtechnological Systems.- 2.3 Optical Arrangement of the Energy Beam Line.- 2.4 Laser-Beam Trajectory Control.- 2.5 Optical Arrangement of the Visual Channel.- 3. Laser Micromachining of Thin Films.- 3.1 Physics of Laser-Induced Thin-Film Treatment.- 3.2 Accuracy and Quality of Laser Thin-Film Micromachining.- 3.3 Technological Processes in Laser Thin-Film Machining.- 4. Local Laser-Induced Heat Treatment.- 4.1 Laser Heating of Absorbing Materials.- 4.2 Applications of Laser Heating.- 5. Laser Melting and Microwelding.- 5.1 Characteristics of the Laser-Induced Melting Process.- 5.2 Laser-Spot Microwelding.- 5.3 Laser Seam-Welding.- 5.4 Factors Affecting the Laser-Welding Results.- 6. Laser Microshaping.- 6.1 Laser Hole-Drilling.- 6.2 Laser-Driven Materials Separation.- 7. Maskless Laser Micropatterning.- 7.1 Thermochemical Methods for Laser Patterning.- 7.2 Photochemical Methods of Laser Patterning.- 8. Pulsed Laser-Plasma Deposition of Thin Films, and Film Structures.- 8.1 Essentials of the Pulsed-Laser Plasma-Deposition Technique.- 8.2 Characteristics of the Pulsed-Laser Plasma-Deposition Process.- 8.3 Typical Applications of the Pulsed-Laser Plasma-Deposition Method.- References.

Laser-Assisted Microtechnology introduces the principles and techniques of laser-assisted microtechnology with emphasis on micromachining of thin films, microprocessing of materials, maskless laser micropatterning and laser-assisted synthesis of thin-film systems. The experimental and theoretical physico-chemical basis of every technological process is presented in detail. On the basis of some characteristic examples of applications, the capabilities of the technological methods as well as the optimum conditions for their realization are discussed. In this second edition, besides the actualization of the literature, a new chapter concerning the laser-assisted wet chemical micro etching, has been added. This is a new method for direct 3D-micro structuring of solids, with a number of potential applications.