• DocumentCode
    1673492
  • Title

    Tailored light for high precision manufacture

  • Author

    Hand, Duncan P.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Sci., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    High precision manufacturing with lasers requires selection of specific laser beam parameters for optimal processes. Example parameters and processes (exploiting either melting or vaporisation) are presented, optimised to provide fine-scale structuring of glasses and metals.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; laser materials processing; melting; vaporisation; glasses fine-scale structuring; high precision manufacturing; laser beam parameters; melting; metals fine-scale structuring; optimal processes; vaporisation; Fiber lasers; Laser ablation; Laser beams; Machining; Materials; Optical fibers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326411