Welding of polymers using a 2 μm thulium fiber laser

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2095-2099

  Mingareev, Ilya ^a   Weirauch, Fabian ^a,b   Olowinsky, Alexander ^b   Shah, Lawrence ^a   Kadwani, Pankaj ^a   Richardson, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR LASER TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fiber laser; Laser materials processing; Polymer welding

Indexed keywords

BULK MATERIALS; FIBER LASER SOURCE; LASER MATERIALS PROCESSING; LASER PROCESS; MATERIALS PROCESSING; NEW APPLICATIONS; PHASE-CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; TRANSMISSION WELDING; WELD JOINTS;

FIBER LASERS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THULIUM; WELDING;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84861528869     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2012.03.020     Document Type: Article

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