Pulse duration and energy density influence on laser processing of metals with short and ultra-short pulses

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5713, Issue , 2005, Pages 115-122

  Le Harzic, R ^a,b,c   Breitling, D ^a   Sommer, S ^a   Fohl C ^a   Valette, S ^d   Konig K ^c   Dausinger, F ^a   Audouard, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b JENLAB GMBH   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

Ablation; Energy; Femtosecond; Heat penetration; Laser; Picosecond; Pulse duration; Thermal effects

Indexed keywords

LASERS; METALLURGY; OPTICAL MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSPARENCY; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ENERGY; FEMTOSECOND; HEAT PENETRATION; PULSE DURATION;

LASER ABLATION;

EID: 23744433922     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.587540     Document Type: Conference Paper

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