Material micromachining using a pulsed fiber laser platform with fine temporal nanosecond pulse shaping capability

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7195, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Deladurantaye, Pascal ^a   Gay, David ^a   Cournoyer, Alain ^a   Roy, Vincent ^a   Labranche, Bruno ^a   Levesque, Marc ^a   Taillon, Yves ^a  

^a INO   (Canada)

Author keywords

High repetition rate; Laser material processing; Micro milling; MOPA; Pulse shaping; Pulsed fiber laser

Indexed keywords

HIGH REPETITION RATE; LASER MATERIAL PROCESSING; MICRO-MILLING; MOPA; PULSE SHAPING; PULSED FIBER LASER;

ALUMINA; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DESIGN; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; MICROMACHINING; MILLING (MACHINING); MILLING MACHINES; MODULATION; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; STAINLESS STEEL; STEEL METALLURGY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 65649115062     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.809532     Document Type: Conference Paper

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