Micromachining characteristics of NiTi based shape memory alloy using femtosecond laser

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 0311171-0311177

  Uppal, Nitin ^a   Shiakolas, Panos S ^a  

^a University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Femtosecond laser micromachining; Incubation; Ripple pattern; Shape memory alloy

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BINARY ALLOYS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; FEMTOSECOND LASERS; LASER ABLATION; LASER PULSES; MACROS; MEMS; MICROMACHINING; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

ABLATION THRESHOLDS; ENGINEERING MATERIALS; FEMTOSECOND LASER MICROMACHINING; INCUBATION; INTERACTION MECHANISMS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; RIPPLE PATTERNS; SUB-MICRON SIZE FEATURES;

SHAPE-MEMORY ALLOY;

EID: 49749141020     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2936380     Document Type: Article

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