Improved cw laser penetration of solids using a superimposed pulsed laser
- 1 July 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 29 (1), 3-5
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.88864
Abstract
The enhancement of cw laser melt‐through of solids resulting from melt removal produced by a blowoff impulse generated by short superimposed laser pulses is investigated. A simple model is used to develop an expression for the minimum impulse criteria.Keywords
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