Nanosecond laser pulses for aluminum and copper drilling

Autor: Walid K. Hamoudi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Iraqi Journal of Physics, Vol 16, Iss 36 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2070-4003
2664-5548
DOI: 10.30723/ijp.v16i36.26
Popis: Nd:YAG laser pulses of 9 nanosecond pulse duration and operating wavelength at 1.06 μm, were utilized to drill high thermal conductivity and high reflectivity aluminum and copper foils. The results showed a dependence of drilled holes characteristics on laser power density and the number of laser pulses used. Drilled depth of 74 ϻm was obtained in aluminum at 11.036×108 W/cm2 of laser power density. Due to its higher melting point, copper required higher laser power density and/or larger number of laser pulses to melt, and a maximum depth of 25 μm was reached at 13.46×108 W/cm2 using single laser pulse.
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