Colorizing metals with femtosecond laser pulses
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 041914 (2008); doi:10.1063/1.2834902
Published 31 January 2008
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For centuries, it had been the dream of alchemists to turn inexpensive metals into gold. Certainly, it is not enough from an alchemist's point of view to transfer only the appearance of a metal to gold. However, the possibility of rendering a certain metal to a completely different color without coating can be very interesting in its own right. In this work, we demonstrate a femtosecond laser processing technique that allows us to create a variety of colors on a metal that ultimately leads us to control its optical properties from UV to terahertz.
©2008 American Institute of Physics
| History: | Received 4 December 2007; accepted 23 December 2007; published 31 January 2008 |
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