Duering, M.Haglund, RichardLuther-Davies, Barry2015-12-100947-8396http://hdl.handle.net/1885/69082We report on resonant infrared laser ablation of polystyrene using single 8 ps pulses at a wavelength of 3.31 μm generated by a MgO:PPLN optical parametric amplifier pumped by a Nd:YLF laser. We determined the single-pulse ablation threshold to be 0.46 JResonant infrared ablation of polystyrene with single picosecond pulses generated by an optical parametric amplifier201410.1007/s00339-013-7946-22015-12-10