• DocumentCode
    688734
  • Title

    Nanosecond pulsed laser color marking of Titanium: Analysis of oxide layer phase

  • Author

    Adams, D.P. ; Murphy, R.D. ; Saiz, D. ; Rodriguez, M. ; Hirschfeld, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Nanosecond-pulsed, infrared laser irradiation has been used to create metal oxide coatings on the surface of polished Ti for application as unique tags/identifiers. X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy demonstrate that coatings are titanium monoxide.
  • Keywords
    X-ray diffraction; coatings; laser materials processing; polishing; titanium; titanium compounds; transmission electron microscopy; TEM; Ti; TiO; X- ray diffraction; infrared laser irradiation; metal oxide coatings; nanosecond pulsed laser color marking; oxide layer phase; titanium; titanium monoxide; titanium surface polishing; transmission electron microscopy; unique tags-identifiers; Chemical lasers; Coatings; Image color analysis; Radiation effects; Surface treatment; Titanium; X-ray lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833109