Title :
Nitinol machining rate dependence on pulse duration in the ultrafast laser regime
Author :
Mielke, Michael ; Gaudiosi, David
Author_Institution :
Raydiance Inc., Petaluma, CA, USA
Abstract :
We quantify machining rate dependence on pulse duration for Nitinol shape memory alloy near the critical pulse duration for athermal ablation. At fluence of 17 J/cm2, we show critical pulse duration is near 2.5 ps.
Keywords :
Gas lasers; Laser ablation; Laser beam cutting; Laser beams; Machining; Optical materials; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
