Femtosecond Laser Nanosurgery:

Femtosecond laser nanoaxotomy lab-on-a-chip for in vivo nerve regeneration studies
S.X. Guo, F. Bourgeois, T. Chokshi, N. Durr, N.J. M. Hilliard, N. Chronis, and A. Ben-Yakar
Nature Methods, on-line (2008)
Femtosecond laser nanoaxotomy properties and their effect on nerve regeneration in C. elegans
F. Bourgeois and A. Ben-Yakar
Optics Express, 15(14) 8521-8531 (2007)
Nerve regeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans after femtosecond laser axotomy
M. F. Yanik, H. Cinar, H. N. Cinar, A. D. Chisholm, Y. Jin and A. Ben-Yakar
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics Invited Paper (2006)
Functional regeneration after laser axotomy
M. F. Yanik, H. Cinar, H. N. Cinar, A. D. Chisholm, Y. Jin and A. Ben-Yakar
Nature 432, 882 (2004)

Plasmonic Laser Nanoablation (PLN):

Plasmonic Laser Nanoablation of Silicon by the Scatterring of Femtosecond Pulses near Gold Nanospheres
D., Eversole, B. Luk'yanchuk, and A. Ben-Yakar
Applied Physics A, Invited Paper, 89, 283-291 (2007)

Two-Photon Luminescence (TPL) Imaging:

Two-Photon Luminescence Imaging of Cancer Cells Using Molecularly Targeted Gold Nanorods
N. J.  Durr, T. Larson, D. K. Smith, B. A. Korgel, K. Sokolov, and A. Ben-Yakar
Nano Letters, 7(4) 941-945 (2007)

Femtosecond Laser Ablation for Micro-Machining:

Thermal and fluid processes of a thin melt zone during femtosecond laser ablation of glass: the formation of rims by single laser pulses
A. Ben-Yakar, A. Harkin, J. Ashmore, R. L. Byer, and H. A. Stone
J. of Physics D: Appl. Phys. 40 1447-1459 (2007)
Femtosecond laser ablation properties of borosilicate glass
A. Ben-Yakar and R. L. Byer
J. Appl. Phys. 96 (9), 5316 (2004)
Morphology of femtosecond-laser-ablated borosilicate glass surfaces
A. Ben-Yakar, R. L. Byer, A. Harkin, J. Ashmore, and H. A. Stone, M. Shen and E. Mazur
Appl. Phys. Lett. 83 (15), 3030 (2003)

Optical Flow Diagnostics and Supersonic Flows:

(previous research interest)

Time evolution and mixing characteristics of hydrogen and ethylene transverse jets in supersonic crossfows.
A. Ben-Yakar, M. G. Mungal, and R. K. Hanson
Physics of Fluids, 18, 026101 (2006)
Ultrafast-framing schlieren system for studying the time evolution of jets in supersonic crossflows.
A. Ben-Yakar and R. K. Hanson
Experiments in Fluids, 32, 652-66 (2002)
Characterization of expansion tub e flows for hypervelocity combustion studies.
A. Ben-Yakar and R. K. Hanson
J. of Prop. and Power, 18 (4), 943-52 (2002)
Cavity flame-holders for ignition and flame stabilization in scramjets: an overview.
A. Ben-Yakar and R. K. Hanson
J. of Prop. and Power, 17 (4), 869-77 (2001)
Experimental investigation of flame-holding capability of a transverse hydrogen jet in supersonic crossflows.
A. Ben-Yakar and R. K. Hanson
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 27, 2173-80 (1998)
Investigation of a solid fuel scramjet combustor
A. Ben-Yakar, B. Natan, and A. Gany
J. of Prop. and Power, 14 (4), 447-55 (1998)