Laser milling: Pulse duration effects on surface integrity

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

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-45

  Petkov, P V ^a   Dimov, S S ^a   Minev, R M ^a   Pham, D T ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser micromachining; Laser pulse duration; Micromachining

Indexed keywords

ABLATION REGIME; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DIRECT IMPACT; ENGINEERING MATERIALS; FEMTOSECONDS; HIGH REMOVAL RATES; LASER MICRO-MACHINING; LASER PULSE DURATION; LASER SOURCES; MACHINING COMPLEX; MATERIAL MICROSTRUCTURES; MICRO STRUCTURING; MICRO-COMPONENTS; NANOSECOND LASERS; PULSE DURATION EFFECTS; PULSE DURATIONS; SHORT-PULSED LASER; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; SURFACE INTEGRITY; SURFACE QUALITIES;

ABLATION; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; LASER PULSES; MICROMACHINING; MICROOPTICS; MILLING (MACHINING); PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PULSED LASERS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SURFACES;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 65649129421     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544054JEM840     Document Type: Article

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