Figure 12From: A study of photothermal laser ablation of various polymers on microsecond time scalesAblation behavior in dependence of the temperature. Depth vs. center temperature (a) and volume vs. center temperature (b) for polystyrene of high (squares, solid line) and low (circles, dashed line) molecular weight. A negative depth corresponds to a protrusion. The lines are guides for the eye.Back to article page