05438nam 2200661Ia 450 991045707210332120200520144314.01-281-00627-097866110062731-4294-7843-80-08-049280-0(CKB)1000000000350429(EBL)294622(OCoLC)191035061(SSID)ssj0000189321(PQKBManifestationID)11167932(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189321(PQKBWorkID)10156475(PQKB)10745680(MiAaPQ)EBC294622(Au-PeEL)EBL294622(CaPaEBR)ebr10186266(CaONFJC)MIL100627(OCoLC)781279975(EXLCZ)99100000000035042920041130d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLaser processing of engineering materials[electronic resource] principles, procedure and industrial application /John C. IonAmsterdam Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann20051 online resource (589 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7506-6079-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; LASERSFLEXIBLE 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 CavityStability 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 FlowFast 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; InGaAsInGaAlAsGaN; 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 MirrorsDeformable MirrorsThe 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 productionLasersIndustrial applicationsPhotonicsElectronic books.LasersIndustrial applications.Photonics.621.366Ion John C498674MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457072103321Laser processing of engineering materials734305UNINA