Structuring materials with nanosecond laser pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 10188-10199

  Hendow, Sami T ^a   Shakir, Sami A ^b  

^a Multiwave Photonics   (Portugal)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; PULSED LASERS;

1064 NM; ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; HIGH PEAK POWER; KEY PARAMETERS; MATERIAL REMOVAL RATE; MATERIAL SURFACE; NANOSECOND LASER PULSE; PEAK IRRADIANCE; PEAK POWER; PEAK PULSE; PENETRATION DEPTH; PULSE ENERGIES; PULSE WIDTH; PULSED FIBER LASERS; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; THERMAL MODEL;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

METAL; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LASER; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

LASERS; MATERIALS TESTING; METALS; RADIATION DOSAGE; SILICON; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77952694511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.010188     Document Type: Article

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