Laser processing of engineering materials [[electronic resource] ] : principles, procedure and industrial application / / John C. Ion

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457072103321
• Autore: Ion John C
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam, : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005
• ISBN: 1-281-00627-0; 9786611006273; 1-4294-7843-8; 0-08-049280-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (589 p.)
• Disciplina: 621.366
• Soggetti: Lasers - Industrial applications; Photonics; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER; LASER PROCESSING OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PROLOGUE; 1 INTRODUCTION; INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS; THE LASER - AN INNOVATIVE MACHINE TOOL; LASERS IN MATERIAL PROCESSING; IN THE HOME; IN HEALTHCARE; IN MANUFACTURING; IN THE ARTS; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; 2 EVOLUTION OF LASER MATERIAL PROCESSING; INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS; FOUNDATIONS; THE NATURE OF LIGHT AND MATTER; DEVELOPMENT OF THE MASER; PRINCIPLES OF THE LASER; THE 1960's; THE FIRST LASER; THE LASER RUSH; THE FIRST PROCESSES; THE 1970's; LASERS; SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES; THE 1980's; LASERS; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMSTHE 1990's; LASERS; TURNKEY PROCESSING SYSTEMS; THE NEW MILLENNIUM; LASERS; PROCESSES; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; FURTHER READING; BIBLIOGRAPHY; 3 LASERS; INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS; GENERATION OF LASER LIGHT; ENERGY LEVELS; Energy Level Notations; Distribution of Energy; Population Inversion; EXCITATION; Energy Level Transitions; LIGHT AMPLIFICATION; OUTPUT; Efficiency; CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION ; OF COMMERCIAL LASERS; Active Media; Gases; Liquids; Insulating Solids; Semiconductors; Excitation; Electrical Pumping; Optical Pumping; Chemical Pumping; Optical Cavity; Stability of the Optical Cavity Resonator Support; Output Devices; OUTPUT; Spatial Mode; Cylindrical Symmetry; Rectangular Symmetry; Fresnel Number; Temporal Mode; Q-switching; Cavity Dumping; Mode Locking; Chirping; Frequency Multiplication; Raman Effect; Propagation; Waist; Focused Spot Size; Rayleigh Length; Radius of Curvature; Fields; Divergence; Quality; Bandwidth; Coherence; Brightness; Intensity; Polarization; LASERS FOR MATERIAL PROCESSING; ATOMS; Helium-Neon; Iodine; Free Electron; Xenon; MOLECULES; Carbon Dioxide; Sealed; Transversely Excited Atmospheric Pressure; Slow Axial Flow; Fast Axial Flow Transverse Flow; Gas Dynamic; Carbon Monoxide; Hydrogen Fluoride; Deuterium Fluoride; Hydrogen Chloride; Nitrogen; Organic; IONS; Argon; Krypton; Argon-Krypton; Xenon; Copper Vapour; Gold Vapour; Helium-Cadmium; Helium-Selenium; X-ray; EXCIMERS; Argon Fluoride; Krypton Fluoride; Xenon Chloride; Xenon Fluoride; Fluorine; Xenon; Xenon Bromide; LIQUIDS; Rhodamine; Coumarin; SOLIDS; Nd:YAG; Nd:glass; Ruby; Alexandrite; Ti: sapphire; Diode-pumped Solid State; Nd:YAG; Er:YAG; Er:YLF; Ho:YAG and Ho:YLF; Yb:YAG; Nd:YLF; Nd:YAP; Nd:GGG; Tm:YAG; Colour Centre; SEMICONDUCTORS; GaAs; InGaAs; InGaAlAsGaN; Lead Salt; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; FURTHER READING; 4 SYSTEMS FOR MATERIAL PROCESSING; INTRODUCTION AND SYNOPSIS; OPTICS; OPTICAL TERMINOLOGY; Focal Length; Focal Number; Beam Diameter at Focus; Depth of Focus; TRANSMISSIVE OPTICS; Materials; Coatings; Beam Splitters; LENS PARAMETERS; Plano-convex Lens; Positive Meniscus Lens; Aspheric Lens; Polarizers; Beam Collimators; Axicon Lens; Beam Integrator; Fibreoptics; Line Focus; Aberrations; REFLECTIVE OPTICS; Materials; Coatings; Beam Turning Mirrors; Beam Splitting Mirrors; Spherical Mirrors; Paraboloidal Mirrors; Deformable Mirrors
• Sommario/riassunto: The complete guide to understanding and using lasers in material processing! Lasers are now an integral part of modern society, providing extraordinary opportunities for innovation in an ever-widening range of material processing and manufacturing applications. The study of laser material processing is a core element of many materials and manufacturing courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level. As a consequence, there is now a vast amount of research on the theory and application of lasers to be absorbed by students, industrial researchers, practising engineers and production