Laser Beam MicroMachining (LBMM) - A review

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 73, Issue , 2015, Pages 89-122

  Mishra, Sanjay ^a   Yadava, Vinod ^b  

^a ITS Engineering College   (India)

^b MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Laser ablation; Laser Beam MicroMachining (LBMM); Short and ultrashort lasers; Two temperature model

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; LASER ABLATION; LASER BEAMS; LASER PULSES; MICROMACHINING; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS; MICRO-ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; SHORT AND ULTRA-SHORT LASER PULSE; TWO TEMPERATURE MODEL; ULTRASHORT LASER;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 84928914631     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2015.03.017     Document Type: Review

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