Fabrication of micro/nano structures on metals by femtosecond laser micromachining

Micromachines

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1219-1253

  Tanvir Ahmmed, K M ^a   Grambow, Colin ^a   Kietzig, Anne Marie ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser micromachining; Metals; Micro nano structures; Surface texturing

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FABRICATION; LASER BEAMS; METALS; MICROMACHINING; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; SURFACE STRUCTURE; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ABLATION MECHANISMS; BEAM POLARIZATION; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; FEMTOSECOND LASER MICROMACHINING; LASER MACHINED SURFACES; MICRO/NANOSTRUCTURES; MICROMACHINING PROCESS; SURFACE-TEXTURING;

LASER MATERIALS PROCESSING;

EID: 84919733279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2072666X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/mi5041219     Document Type: Review

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