Laser drilling of stainless steel with nanosecond double-pulse

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-153

  Wang, X D ^a   Michalowski, A ^b   Walter, D ^b   Sommer, S ^b   Kraus, M ^b   Liu, J S ^a   Dausinger, F ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Double pulse; Laser drilling; Pulse shaping

Indexed keywords

PULSE REPETITION RATE; STAINLESS STEEL;

ABLATION MECHANISMS; DOUBLE PULSE; LASER DRILLING; NANOSECOND DOUBLE PULSE; PERCUSSION DRILLING; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SINGLE PULSE DRILLING; TEMPORAL PULSE SHAPING;

PULSE SHAPING;

EID: 54249109826     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2008.05.021     Document Type: Article

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