TY - JOUR A1 - Kolar, J. A1 - Strlic, M. A1 - Müller-Hess, D. A1 - Gruber, A. A1 - Troschke, K. A1 - Pentzien, Simone A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang T1 - Near-UV and visible pulsed laser interaction with paper JF - Journal of cultural heritage N2 - The applicability of excimer laser at 308 nm and Nd:YAG laser at 532 nm with fluences below 0.86 J/cm2 for cleaning of cellulose and paper materials was evaluated. The extent of degradation of purified cotton cellulose and Fabriano paper after laser treatment as well as after a period of accelerated humid oven ageing was determined by following the changes in the degree of polymerization. While irradiation of paper with the excimer laser at 308 nm results in depolymerization of cellulose accompanied by a decrease in ISO brightness, no detrimental effects of Nd:YAG laser treatments were observed. PY - 2000 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/S1296-2074(00)00149-7 SN - 1296-2074 SN - 1778-3674 VL - 1 IS - sup.1 SP - 221 EP - 224 PB - Elsevier CY - Paris AN - OPUS4-5979 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kolar, J. A1 - Strlic, M. A1 - Pentzien, Simone A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang T1 - Near-UV, visible and IR pulsed laser light interaction with cellulose JF - Applied physics A PY - 2000 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=PublicationURL&_tockey=%23TOC%236640%231991%23999289998%23271349%23FLP%23&_cdi=6640&_pubType=J&_auth=y&_acct=C000049503&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=963821&md5=0020a82b8d5f591abc3354091a7def13 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s003390050031 SN - 0947-8396 VL - 71 IS - 1 SP - 87 EP - 90 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-5991 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kotsifaki, D.G. A1 - Zekou, L. A1 - Pentzien, Simone A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Serafetinides, A.A. ED - Saunders, D. ED - Strlic, M. ED - Korenberg, C. ED - Luxford, N. ED - Birkhölzer, K. T1 - Cleaning of artificially soiled papers by infrared and mid-infrared lasers T2 - LACONA IX - Lasers in the conservation of artworks (Proceedings) N2 - One of the most important materials presenting and witnessing human culture is paper. The cleaning of paper is often necessary because contamination must be removed so that the fragile organic substrate can be preserved. The conventional cleaning methods are mechanical or involve the application of chemicals. These methods can damage drawings or print layers to some extent or make the original paper substrate brittle. More specifically, the use of a scalpel blade can cause damage to fibers. Chemical cleaning is difficult to perform locally, can dissolve foreign matter that then migrates into the paper substrate, or involves volatile organic compounds that can be harmful to the conservator. There is, therefore, a need for new conservation technologies aimed at the safe cleaning of paper. Lasers have proved to be an appropriate tool for cleaning as the energy dose and penetration depth at the specific point of contamination can be controlled. Additionally, if used properly, laser cleaning is not destructive to the paper. T2 - LACONA IX - Lasers in the conservation of artworks CY - London, UK DA - 07.09.2011 KW - Laser cleaning KW - Paper KW - Artificial soiling KW - Nanosecond laser KW - Microsecond laser PY - 2013 SN - 978-1-904982-87-6 SP - 219 EP - 221 PB - Archetype publications Ltd. AN - OPUS4-27956 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Pentzien, Simone A1 - Conradi, Andrea T1 - Cleaning of artificially soiled paper with 532-nm nanosecond laser radiation JF - Applied physics A N2 - Cleaning of paper is a challenging task due to the fact that a contamination should be removed and a fragile organic original material has to be preserved. Pulsed laser cleaning of artificially soiled Whatman© filter paper samples serving as models for historical paper was performed. Different cleaning strategies employing 8-ns laser pulses at 532 nm wavelength were applied to clean paper avoiding undesired effects like discoloration (yellowing) and mechanical deterioration of the substrate. Multi shot experiments with low-energy pulses were compared with single pulse investigations utilizing high pulse energies achieving a constant energy load incident on the samples in both cases. The cleaning efficiency and possible yellowing effects were evaluated by means of a multi spectral imaging system. An extensive microscopic analysis of the cleaned parts of the samples provided insight into the remaining soiling on the surface and in the bulk of the paper material after laser treatment. As a reference, a hard and a soft eraser were used to clean the samples. KW - Laser cleaning KW - Paper KW - Colorimetry PY - 2008 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-008-4476-4 SN - 0947-8396 VL - 92 IS - 1 SP - 179 EP - 183 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-17331 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Pentzien, Simone A1 - Conradi, Andrea A1 - Lußky, Katharina A1 - Engel, P. ED - Günter Wiedemann, ED - Udo Klotzbach, ED - Ulrich Bauer-Bornemann, T1 - Laserreinigung von künstlich verschmutzten europäischen Papieren des 19. Jahrhunderts T2 - Laseranwendung in Restaurierung und Denkmalpflege - Grundlagen - Chancen - Perspektiven N2 - Diese Arbeit beschreibt die Laserreinigung von gebräuchlichen Papieren des 19. Jahrhunderts in Kombination mit zwei Schmutzvarianten. Aufgrund der weiten Verbreitung in Bibliotheken und Kunstsammlungen wurden Hadernpapier und holzhaltiges Papier ausgewählt. Als Referenz diente Whatman-Filterpapier. Zur künstlichen Verschmutzung wurden Zeichenkohle oder Standardschmutz (Standard Test Dust SAE J 726 fine, mit Flammruß im Verhältnis 20:1 gemischt) mit Hilfe von Pinsel und Staubsauger jeweils auf die drei Papierarten aufgetragen und in den Faserverbund eingesaugt. Die Nutzung von Modellproben erweist sich für grundlegende Untersuchungen als vorteilhaft, da das Vorhandensein hinreichend großer Flächen (gleichartiger Objekte) für einen Vergleich mit Ergebnissen klassischer Reinigungstechniken unabdingbar ist. Die preiswerten Proben erlauben darüber hinaus auch die Anwendung zerstörender Analysetechniken. Für die Laserreinigungsexperimente wurde ein Nd:YAG-Laser mit Impulsdauern in der Größenordnung von 10 ns bei 532 nm Wellenlänge und einer Repetitionsrate von 500 Hz verwendet. Die Laser-Bearbeitungsstation erlaubt die flächige Bearbeitung von Objekten, wobei der Laserstrahl bewegt wird. Der Laser wird mittels Computer ferngesteuert und unter Klasse-1-Sicherheitsbedingungen betrieben. Bei der Untersuchung der Modellproben wurde jeweils die Anzahl der Impulse pro Probenstelle sowie die Laser-Energiedichte variiert. Ziel der Arbeiten war die Ermittlung eines Laser-Arbeitsbereiches für die Reinigung der verschiedenen Papierproben. Die Modellobjekte wurden vor und nach der Laserbehandlung mittels lichtmikroskopischer, rasterelektronenmikroskopischer und colorimetrischer Analysemethoden untersucht. T2 - Tagung "Laseranwendung in Restaurierung und Denkmalpflege" CY - Osnabrück, Deutschland DA - 2009-01-30 KW - Laserreinigung KW - Nd:YAG-Laser KW - Hadernpapier KW - Holzhaltiges Papier KW - Filterpapier KW - Mikroskopie KW - Farbmessung PY - 2009 SN - 978-3-8167-8106-6 SP - 177 EP - 189 PB - Fraunhofer IRB Verl. CY - Stuttgart AN - OPUS4-20059 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Pentzien, Simone A1 - Lerber, K. von ED - Johann Nimmrichter, ED - Kautek, Wolfgang ED - Manfred Schreiner, T1 - Determination of a working range for the laser cleaning of soiled silk T2 - LACONA VI - Lasers in the conservation of artworks (Proceedings) T2 - LACONA VI CY - Vienna, Austria DA - 2005-09-21 KW - Laser KW - Cleaning KW - Silk KW - Textiles PY - 2007 SN - 978-3-540-72129-1 SN - 0930-8989 N1 - Serientitel: Springer proceedings in physics – Series title: Springer proceedings in physics IS - 116 SP - 321 EP - 327 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-16380 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Legall, Herbert A1 - Schwanke, Christoph A1 - Pentzien, Simone A1 - Dittmar, G. A1 - Bonse, Jörn A1 - Krüger, Jörg T1 - X-ray emission as a potential hazard during ultrashort pulse laser material processing JF - Applied physics A N2 - In laser machining with ultrashort laser pulses unwanted X-ray radiation in the keV range can be generated when a critical laser intensity is exceeded. Even if the emitted X-ray dose per pulse is low, high laser repetition rates can lead to an accumulation of X-ray doses beyond exposure safety limits. For 925 fs pulse duration at a center wavelength of 1030 nm, the X-ray emission was investigated up to an intensity of 2.6 × 10^14 W/cm2. The experiments were performed in air with a thin disk laser at a repetition rate of 400 kHz. X-ray spectra and doses were measured for various planar target materials covering a wide range of the periodic table from aluminum to tungsten. Without radiation shielding, the measured radiation doses at this high repetition rate clearly exceed the regulatory limits. Estimations for an adequate radiation shielding are provided. KW - Laser-induced X-ray emission KW - Ultrashort laser material interaction KW - Femtosecond laser KW - Radiation protection PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-448431 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-018-1828-6 SN - 0947-8396 SN - 1432-0630 VL - 124 IS - 6 SP - Article 407, 1 EP - 8 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-44843 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Lerber, K. von A1 - Strlic, M. A1 - Kolar, J. A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Pentzien, Simone A1 - Kennedy, C. A1 - Wess, T. A1 - Sokhan, M. A1 - Kautek, W. ED - Johann Nimmrichter, ED - Kautek, Wolfgang ED - Manfred Schreiner, T1 - Laser cleaning of undyed silk: Indications of chemical change T2 - LACONA VI - Lasers in the conservation of artworks (Proceedings) T2 - LACONA VI CY - Vienna, Austria DA - 2005-09-21 KW - Laser KW - Cleaning KW - Silk KW - Textiles KW - Viscometry KW - X-ray diffraction KW - SIMS PY - 2007 SN - 978-3-540-72129-1 SN - 0930-8989 N1 - Serientitel: Springer proceedings in physics – Series title: Springer proceedings in physics IS - 116 SP - 313 EP - 319 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-16379 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mann, Guido A1 - Pentzien, Simone A1 - Krüger, Jörg T1 - Beam diameter dependence of surface damage threshold of fused silica fibers and preforms for nanosecond laser treatment at 1064 nm wavelength JF - Applied surface science N2 - Optical fibers made of fused silica are a common method of transmitting high laser pulse energies. Failure of those fibers is a significant risk. The determination of laser-induced damage thresholds (LIDT) on fiber end facets according to ISO 21254 standard is needed. In the past, single pulse nanosecond laser experiments showed an improvement of LIDT with increasing fiber core diameter for 1064 nm wavelength and a constant beam diameter of 50 µm. This paper pays particular attention to the influence of the laser beam diameter on damage resistance. All-silica fiber types (LEONI) with different core diameters (100–600 µm) were investigated using beam diameters in a range from 30 µm to 100 µm. For comparison experiments on fused silica preform material (Heraeus F300) were performed. On one hand, surface LIDT of fused silica preform material decreases significantly with increasing beam size. A model considering a random distribution of point defects explains the experimental data qualitatively. On the other hand, LIDT of fiber end facets stays constant. White light microscopy results suggest that the point defect density on fiber end facets is lower compared to the preform surface due to an excellent surface polish quality. KW - Laser-induced damage threshold KW - Nanosecond laser KW - Optical fiber KW - Fused silica KW - Spot size KW - Defect model PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.03.088 SN - 0169-4332 SN - 1873-5584 VL - 276 SP - 312 EP - 316 PB - Elsevier B.V. CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-28310 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Mäder, M. A1 - Holle, H. A1 - Schreiner, M. A1 - Pentzien, Simone A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang ED - Johann Nimmrichter, ED - Kautek, Wolfgang ED - Manfred Schreiner, T1 - Traditional and laser cleaning methods of historic picture post cards T2 - LACONA VI - Lasers in the conservation of artworks (Proceedings) T2 - LACONA VI CY - Vienna, Austria DA - 2005-09-21 KW - Laser KW - Cleaning KW - Picture Post Card PY - 2007 SN - 978-3-540-72129-1 SN - 0930-8989 N1 - Serientitel: Springer proceedings in physics – Series title: Springer proceedings in physics IS - 116 SP - 281 EP - 286 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-16378 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Müller-Hess, D. A1 - Troschke, K.K. A1 - Kolar, J. A1 - Strlic, M. A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang A1 - Pentzien, Simone T1 - Laserreinigung von Papier - Zwischenbericht des Eurocare-Projektes 1681 LACLEPA JF - Restauro PY - 2001 SN - 0933-4017 IS - 8 SP - 604 EP - 610 PB - Callwey CY - München AN - OPUS4-6282 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pentzien, Simone A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang A1 - Müller-Hess, D. A1 - Troschke, K. A1 - Kolar, J. A1 - Strlic, M. T1 - Cleaning of 19th century Paper Artefacs with a remote-control Laser System on Basis of a Q-Switched Nd: YAG Laser (532 nm) T2 - International Conference on Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks (LACONA V) T2 - International Conference on Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks (LACONA V) CY - Osnabrück, Germany DA - 2003-09-15 PY - 2003 AN - OPUS4-4363 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pentzien, Simone A1 - Conradi, Andrea A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Wurster, R. T1 - Monitoring of the cleaning process of soiled paper by the investigation of laser-induced microparticles T2 - Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks VII (LACONA VII) T2 - Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks VII (LACONA VII) CY - Madrid, Spain DA - 2007-09-17 PY - 2007 AN - OPUS4-15844 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pentzien, Simone A1 - Conradi, Andrea A1 - Koter, Robert A1 - Krüger, Jörg T1 - Cleaning of artificially soiled paper using nanosecond, picosecond and femtosecond laser pulses JF - Applied physics A N2 - Cleaning of cultural assets, especially fragile organic materials like paper, is a part of the conservation process. Laser radiation as a non-contact tool offers prospects for that purpose. For the studies presented here, paper model samples were prepared using three different paper types (pure cellulose, rag paper, and wood-pulp paper). Pure cellulose serves as reference material. Rag and woodpulp paper represent essential characteristics of the basic materials of real-world artworks. The papers were mechanically soiled employing pulverized charcoal. Pure and artificially soiled paper samples were treated with laser pulses of 28 fs (800 nm wavelength) and 8–12 ns (532 nm) duration in a multi pulse approach. Additionally, the cellulose reference material was processed with 30 ps (532 nm) laser pulses. Damage and cleaning thresholds of pure and soiled paper were determined for the different laser regimes. Laser working ranges allowing for removal of contamination and avoiding permanent modification to the substrate were found. The specimens prior and after laser illumination were characterized by light-optical microscopy (OM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) as well as multi spectral imaging analysis. The work extends previous nanosecond laser cleaning investigations on paper into the ultra-short pulse duration domain. KW - Laser cleaning KW - Ablation KW - Laser impact on surfaces KW - Paper KW - Femtosecond laser PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-010-5809-7 SN - 0947-8396 VL - 101 IS - 2 SP - 441 EP - 446 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-22155 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pentzien, Simone A1 - Conradi, Andrea A1 - Koter, Robert A1 - Krüger, Jörg ED - Engel, P. ED - Schirò, J. ED - Larsen, R. ED - Moussakova, E. ED - Kecskeméti, I. T1 - Cleaning of soiled paper model samples using short and ultrashort laser pulses T2 - Conference 'New Approaches to Book and Paper Conservation - Restoration' (Proceedings) N2 - Paper is one of the most important materials representing and witnessing human culture particularly as a carrier medium for text and image. As soiling hampers the reception of information, paper cleaning techniques are needed. Traditional mechanical and chemical cleaning methods are used by conservator-restorers. In some cases, a classical cleaning procedure of paper objects yields unsatisfactory results or a conventional treatment is even impossible. Especially, fragile paper objects cause problems due to mechanical instabilities. Laser cleaning as a non-contact method might be a way to overcome some of the limitations of classical cleaning techniques. Laser parameters have to be chosen to achieve removal of the soiling without influencing the artwork. Any immediate as well as long-term effects causing an irreversible change of the artwork have to be avoided. At present, most laser applications are found in stone and metal conservation, while laser treatment of complex organic materials like paper is still not fully developed for application in conservators' workshops. This contribution describes recent work of pulsed laser cleaning of soiled model samples. Pure cellulose, rag paper and wood-pulp paper were mechanically soiled with pulverized charcoal in a standardized procedure to make model samples representing essential characteristics of contaminated real-world artworks. Afterwards, model samples were cleaned using short and ultrashort laser pulses in the nanosecond and femtosecond time domain, respectively. An extensive analysis of the model samples after laser treatment using an optical microscope and a multi-spectral imaging system allows a comparison of the cleaning results obtained with both laser sources. T2 - Conference 'New Approaches to Book and Paper Conservation - Restoration' CY - Horn, Austria DA - 09.05.2011 KW - Laser cleaning KW - Ablation KW - Laser impact on surfaces KW - Paper KW - Femtosecond laser KW - Nanosecond laser PY - 2011 SN - 978-3-85028-518-6 SP - 519 EP - 532 PB - Verlag Berger, Horn CY - Vienna, Austria AN - OPUS4-23705 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pentzien, Simone A1 - Conradi, Andrea A1 - Krüger, Jörg T1 - The influence of paper type and state of degradation on laser cleaning of artificially soiled paper T2 - LACONA VIII - Lasers in the conservation of artworks (Proceedings) N2 - Lasers can be a supplemental tool for restorers to overcome some of the limitations of traditional dry cleaning techniques for works of art on paper. The laser working range has to be optimized allowing for safe removal of contamination and limitation of damage to the substrate. This paper addresses the influence of paper type and state of degradation on laser working range. Three types of new paper (pure cellulose, bleached pulp paper, rag paper) were degraded and characterized with respect their degree of polymerization. Laser-induced damage thresholds of new and degraded paper were determined using SEM and viscometry. Additionally, artificially soiled model samples were made using two kinds of soiling, namely pulverized charcoal and soot-blackened standard test dust. Cleaning thresholds of soiled paper samples were evaluated. A working range for all combinations of paper and soiling between 0.05 J/cm2 and 0.5 J/cm2 was found for the application of 8-ns laser pulses at 532 nm wavelength. T2 - LACONA VIII - Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks VIII CY - Sibiu, Romania DA - 21.09.2009 KW - Nanosecond laser cleaning KW - Paper KW - Ageing KW - Degree of polymerization KW - Cleaning threshold KW - Damage threshold PY - 2011 SN - 978-0-415-58073-1 SP - 59 EP - 65 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London, UK AN - OPUS4-23634 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Pentzien, Simone A1 - Conradi, Andrea A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Wurster, R. ED - M. Castillejo, ED - P. Moreno, ED - M. Oujja, ED - R. Radvan, ED - J. Ruiz, T1 - Monitoring of the laser cleaning process of artificially soiled paper T2 - LACONA VII International Conference, "Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks", September 17-21, 2007, Madrid, Spain (Proceedings) N2 - Laser cleaning of soiled paper is a challenging task due to the fact that a contamination has to be removed and a fragile organic material has to be preserved. The ejection of particles forms a significant channel for the removal of unwanted surface contaminations and can be exploited for an in-situ monitoring of the cleaning procedure. 532-nm-nanosecond single and multi pulse laser cleaning of artificially soiled Whatman© paper was performed. Particles were registered with a dust monitor. These in-situ experiments were combined with ex-situ investigations of cleaning and substrate damage thresholds by means of light and scanning electron microscopic techniques. The cleaning efficiency measured by a multi-spectral imaging system was compared to the in-situ particle monitoring. Additionally, possible color changes of the paper substrate were evaluated. T2 - LACONA VII International Conference, "Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks" CY - Madrid, Spain DA - 2007-09-17 PY - 2008 SN - 978-0-415-47596-9 SP - 345 EP - 351 PB - Taylor & Francis AN - OPUS4-17974 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Pentzien, Simone A1 - Conradi, Andrea A1 - Lussky, K. A1 - Engel, P. A1 - Krüger, Jörg ED - Engel, Patricia T1 - Laser cleaning of artificially soiled paper T2 - Research in book and paper conservation in Europe - a state of the art N2 - Laser cleaning for works of art on paper might be a supplemental, noncontact method to overcome some of the limitations of traditional dry cleaning techniques. Three different types of paper (pure-cellulose filter paper, rag paper, and wood-pulp paper) were mechanically soiled with pulverized charcoal in a standardized procedure to make model samples. These samples were characterized microscopically and by means of lightness measurements using a multi-spectral imaging system. A prototype laser workstation with Laser Class I conditions for the operator was used for the cleaning experiments. For 10-ns laser pulses at a wavelength of 532 nm, a set of laser parameters was established for a successful cleaning of the samples avoiding damage to the paper substrate. Single- and multi-pulse illumination conditions were tested. An extensive microscopic analysis after laser treatment of the cleaned parts of the samples provided insight into the remaining soiling on the surface and in the bulk of the paper material. PY - 2009 SN - 978-3-85028-490-5 SP - 171 EP - 188 PB - Berger Horn CY - Wien, Austria AN - OPUS4-20398 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pentzien, Simone A1 - Rabin, Ira A1 - Hahn, Oliver A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Kleber, F. A1 - Hollaus, F. A1 - Diem, M. A1 - Sablatnig, R. ED - Park, J.-I. ED - Kim, J. T1 - Can Modern Technologies Defeat Nazi Censorship? T2 - ACCV 2012 Workshops, 11th Asian conference on computer vision N2 - Censorship of parts of written text was and is a common practice in totalitarian regimes. It is used to destroy information not approved by the political power. Recovering the censored text is of interest for historical studies of the text. This paper raises the question, whether a censored postcard from 1942 can be made legible by applying multispectral imaging in combination with laser cleaning. In the fields of art conservation (e.g. color measurements), investigation (e.g. Analysis of underdrawings in paintings), and historical document analysis, multispectral imaging techniques have been applied successfully to give visibility to information hidden to the human eye. The basic principle of laser cleaning is to transfer laser pulse energy to a contamination layer by an absorption process that leads to heating and evaporation of the layer. Partial laser cleaning of postcards is possible; dirt on the surface can be removed and the obscured pictures and writings made visible again. We applied both techniques to the postcard. The text could not be restored since the original ink seems to have suffered severe chemical damage. T2 - ACCV 2012 Workshops, 11th Asian conference on computer vision CY - Daejeon, Korea DA - 05.11.2012 KW - Laser cleaning KW - Multispectral imaging KW - Image restoration KW - Image enhancement PY - 2013 SN - 978-3-642-37483-8 SN - 0302-9743 VL - II IS - LNCS 7729 SP - 13 EP - 24 PB - Springer CY - Berlin Heidelberg AN - OPUS4-28160 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pentzien, Simone A1 - Rabin, Ira A1 - Hahn, Oliver A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Kleber, F. A1 - Hollaus, F. A1 - Diem, M. A1 - Sablatnig, R. T1 - Can modern technologies defeat nazi censorship? JF - ACM journal on computing and cultural heritage KW - Laser cleaning KW - Multispectral imaging KW - Image enhancement KW - Ancient manuscripts KW - Image restoration PY - 2010 SN - 1556-4673 VL - 2 IS - 3, Article 1 SP - 1 EP - 16 PB - Association for Computing Machinery CY - New York, NY, USA AN - OPUS4-25651 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -