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Ultrafast microscopy augments the high temporal resolution provided by ultrashort light pulses with the high spatial resolution provided by optical microscopy. Spatial resolution is required whenever the process of interest is spatially inhomogeneous. One example, interfacial phenomena, includes explosions occurring at a gas-solid interface. In this paper, I wish to point out that it is now possible to add ultrafast imaging capabilities to almost any ultrafast pump-probe experiment at a modest cost, often less than $1,000. I will then illustrate the capabilities of our ultrafast microscope by reviewing briefly some experiments on exploding polymers: the laser surface ablation of PMMA (poly methyl methacrylate).
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Dlott, D.D. (1990). Ultrafast Microscopy of Exploding Solids. In: Harris, C.B., Ippen, E.P., Mourou, G.A., Zewail, A.H. (eds) Ultrafast Phenomena VII. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 53. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84269-6_34
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