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The ablation of polyimide by intense UV laser beams is modeled with a photothermal process that considers the shielding of the laser beam by the decomposed polymer. The heating of the decomposed material may drive the polymer degradation process for fluences above several J/cm2.
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J. R. Soběhart (1993) studied this question.
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