<title>Surface patterning by an improved laser-induced forward transfer technique</title>

Abstract

A simple and inexpensive single-step technique for surface patterning in the jim regime is presented. As a result of a systematic study on laser-induced ablation and transfer of tungsten thin films it is shown that deposition of well adhering micrometer sized patterns of 100% coverage preserving the shape and dimensions of the laser processed area can be attained by single pulses of peak power up to 100 mW and 100 jis -1 ms duration from a diode laser pumped YAG laser.