Impact of initial surface parameters on the final quality of laser micropolished surfaces

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 8248, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chow, Michael ^a   Bordatchev, Evgueni V ^b   Knopf, George K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Experimental analysis; Initial surface microgeometry; Laser micro polishing; Roughness; Waviness

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; FINISHING OPERATION; H13 TOOL STEEL; INITIAL SURFACE MICROGEOMETRY; LASER-MATERIAL INTERACTIONS; LOCAL MINIMUMS; LOW POWER LASER; MACHINED SURFACE; MICRO MILLING; MICRO-FABRICATION TECHNOLOGY; POLISHING EFFECTS; PROCESS PARAMETERS; Q SWITCHED ND:YAG LASER; SURFACE PARAMETER; THIN LAYERS; TOP SURFACE; WAVINESS;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; MICROANALYSIS; MICROFABRICATION; MICROMACHINING; MOLTEN MATERIALS; POLISHING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TENSION; TOOL STEEL;

SURFACES;

EID: 84858963276     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.908137     Document Type: Conference Paper

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