Advances in Optical Technologies
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 251718, 8 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/251718
Research Article

Ultrashort Laser Pulse Heating of Nanoparticles: Comparison of Theoretical Approaches

Renat R. Letfullin,1 Thomas F. George,2 Galen C. Duree,1 and Brett M. Bollinger1

1Department of Physics and Optical Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 5500 Wabash Avenue, Terre Haute, IN 47803, USA
2Office of the Chancellor and Center for Nanoscience, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri—St. Louis, One University Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63121, USA

Received 28 January 2008; Accepted 11 March 2008

Academic Editor: Stoyan Tanev

Copyright © 2008 Renat R. Letfullin et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

How to Cite this Article

Renat R. Letfullin, Thomas F. George, Galen C. Duree, and Brett M. Bollinger, “Ultrashort Laser Pulse Heating of Nanoparticles: Comparison of Theoretical Approaches,” Advances in Optical Technologies, vol. 2008, Article ID 251718, 8 pages, 2008. doi:10.1155/2008/251718