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Dr Nathan Madsen

Position: Research Fellow Qualification: Address: Laser Physics Centre, RSPhysSE, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT0200 Australia Office: Room J3-16C, John Carver Building, 58C Phone: +61 2 6125 0694 Fax: +61 2 6125 0029 Email: nrm111@physics.anu.edu.au

Research Interests and Expertise:

• Laser ablation and laser deposition of films;
• Nanoclusters and their properties, in particularly nanoclusters formed in a laser ablated plume;
• Interaction of ultra-short laser radiation with matter: electronic melting, electron-phonon energy coupling, ionisation, ablation, and ion acceleration;
• Application of short-pulse laser-matter interaction phenomena in nanotechnology, medicine, micromachining, optical memory, photon science and technology, and art conservation;

Current Projects and Collaborations:

• Laser Deposition of Optical Films
• Carbon Nanoclusters
• Optical Memory
• Ultra-fast Phase Transitions
• Lasers in Art Conservation

Research area link: Laser-Matter Interaction and Laser Deposition

Selected Publications:

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