Title :
Electric discharge image marking using laser guided discharge
Author :
Hoshi, Y. ; Yoshida, H. ; Tsutsui, Y.
Author_Institution :
Mech. Eng. Lab., AIST, Ibaraki, Japan
fDate :
10/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
As an application of the laser guided discharge, an electric discharge image marking process was tried. Marking using a discharge can be accomplished with a far smaller laser output power than that used for laser marking since the marking is accomplished by the electric discharge and only uses the laser to guide the discharge
Keywords :
arcs (electric); laser beam applications; plasma light propagation; plasma materials processing; vacuum arcs; discharge; electric discharge; electric discharge image marking; electric discharge image marking process; image marking; laser guided discharge; laser output power; marking; Costs; Electrodes; Gas lasers; Laser ablation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Machining; Optical control; Power lasers; Vacuum breakdown;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
