Real time ablation rate measurement during high aspect-ratio hole drilling with a 120-ps fiber laser

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 663-671

  Mezzapesa, Francesco P ^a,b   Sibillano, Teresa ^b   Di Niso, Francesca ^a   Ancona, Antonio ^b   Lugarà, Pietro M ^a,b   Dabbicco, Maurizio ^a,b   Scamarcio, Gaetano ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; FIBER LASERS; STAINLESS STEEL;

ABLATION FRONTS; ABLATION PROCESS; ABLATION RATES; ALL-OPTICAL; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; HOLE DRILLING; MATERIAL REMOVAL RATE; METAL TARGET; MICRO-DRILLING; MICROMACHINED; REAL TIME; SELF MIXING INTERFEROMETRY; SUBWAVELENGTH RESOLUTION; TIME DEPENDENCE; ULTRA-FAST;

ASPECT RATIO;

METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; METALS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84855419779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.000663     Document Type: Article

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