Cover Page

Introduction

1      The Principles of Laser

1.1   Fundamentals

2      Laser Cleaning

2.1   Principles of Laser Cleaning

2.2   Stone

2.3   Paintings

2.4   Paper and Other Organic Materials

2.5   Lasers and Biodeterioration

2.6   Safety

3      Documentation and Diagnosis

3.1   3D Laser Scanning of Architectural Sites

3.2   3D Laser Scanning of Artworks

3.3   Laser Doppler Vibrometry

3.4   Interferometry

3.5   Shearography

3.6   Fluorescence LIDAR

4      Analysis

4.1   Raman Spectroscopy

4.2   LIBS

4.3   LIF

4.4   Fluorescence lifetime Imaging

4.5   Laser Ablation Sampling Methods

This booklet is a COST G7 deliverable.

Editors: M. Schreiner, M. Strlič, R. Salimbeni.

Publisher: COST office, Brussels, Belgium, 2008.

e-version ISBN-10: 973 88109 30

e-version ISBN-13: 978 973 88109 3 8