Ninth MSU-UAB Conference on Differential Equations and Computational Simulations.
Electron. J. Diff. Eqns., Conference 20 (2013), pp. 93-101.

Title: Time-stepping for laser ablation

Authors: Harihar Khanal (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach, FL, USA)
         David Autrique (TU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany)
         Vasilios Alexiades (Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA)
	  
Abstract: 
 Nanosecond laser ablation is a popular technique, applied in many areas
 of science and technology such as medicine, archaeology, chemistry,
 environmental and materials sciences.
 We outline a computational model for radiative and collisional
 processes occurring during ns-laser ablation, and compare the
 performance of various low and high order time-stepping algorithms.

Published October 31, 2013.
Math Subject Classifications: 92C45, 35K60, 65M99.
Key Words: Laser ablation; ode integration; time-stepper;  peer methods;
           plasma formation, collisional radiative model.