This phenomenon is not laser ablation, since it readily occurs at low power and the transformation is reversible.
Less commonly, the laser ablation has been used as a means of sample introduction.
The longest study of endovenous laser ablation is 39 months.
Processes that can be used for fine trimming, in order of increasing accuracy, are sandblasting, drilling, and laser ablation.
This has been possible using fabrication techniques such as photolithography, laser ablation and electron beam patterning.
Secondary infection and scarring can occur with laser ablation.
This makes laser ablation very valuable for both research and industrial applications.
The simplest application of laser ablation is to remove material from a solid surface in a controlled fashion.
Another class of applications uses laser ablation to process the material removed into new forms either not possible or difficult to produce by other means.
Gold fingerprinting by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.