DocumentCode
521092
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
fYear
2010
fDate
16-21 May 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
Filename
5500701
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