Shape characteristics of microstructures in femtosecond laser multi-pulse ablation of metals

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 222, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 837-848

  Wang, W J ^a   Mei, X S ^a,b   Jiang, G D ^a   Yang, C J ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Convergent beam; Divergent beam; Femtosecond laser ablation; Shape characteristics; Simulation

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; LASERS; METALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ABLATION MECHANISMS; ABLATION RATES; BEAM SPOTS; CONVERGENT BEAM; DIVERGENT BEAM; DIVERGENT BEAMS; FEMTO-SECOND LASER; FEMTOSECOND LASER ABLATION; FLUENCE; FLUENCE DISTRIBUTIONS; FORECAST METHOD; MULTI-PULSE; RAYLEIGH RANGE; SHAPE CHARACTERISTICS; SIMULATION; SIMULATION METHODS; SIMULATION RESULTS; SINGLE-PULSE; SPATIAL PROPAGATION;

ABLATION;

EID: 49349091990     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544054JEM1049     Document Type: Article

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