Influences on Incubation in ps Laser Micro-machining of Steel Alloys

Häfner T, Heberle J, Dobler M, Schmidt M (2016)


Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Journal article, Online publication

Publication year: 2016

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Publisher: Laser Institute of America

Book Volume: Volume 28

Pages Range: 0226051-0226056

Conference Proceedings Title: The 34th International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO 2015) Congress Proceedings

Event location: Atlanta, GA

Journal Issue: Number 2

ISBN: 978-1-940168-05-0

URI: http://lia.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.2351/1.4944445?journalCode=jla

DOI: 10.2351/1.4944445

Open Access Link: http://lia.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.2351/1.4944445?journalCode=jla

Abstract

Efficient and accurate generation of micro holes and feature geometries is one object of investigation in ultrashort pulse laser processing. Different analytical models exist to describe the relation between energy input and removed volume. These models relate to the ablation threshold and the energy penetration depth representing material-dependent parameters. Both parameters are influenced by incubation. Against this background, incubation effects depending on the number of pulses applied on two steel alloys are presented in the paper. The ablation threshold and the energy penetration depth are analyzed by the zero-damage method and an analytical model based on Beer’s law describing the crater depth. The pulse frequency is chosen to f= 100 Hz to investigate incubation excluding the influence of temporal effects between subsequent pulses. The used ultrashort pulsed laser has a pulse duration of 10 ps and a wavelength of 1064 nm. Craters are generated with defined pulse numbers between N = 1 and N = 1000. Two commonly used steel alloys – the cold working steel 1.2379 and the austenitic stainless steel 1.4301 – are investigated and compared. Additionally, the first one is investigated at two levels of hardness. All sample surfaces have the same initial average roughness Sa ≈ 0.02 µm which was realized by manual polishing. The comparison of two incubation models shows higher coincidence of the experimental results and the model proposed by Ashkenasi than for the model published by Jee, especially for pulse numbers N > 100. The linear optical penetration depths which are determined by ellipsometry measurements are larger than the energy penetration depths which are analyzed for the ablation regimes of the gentle phase. The main reasons for the pulse-number dependent decrease of the ablation threshold are investigated. Absorption changes due to surface modifications such as oxidation and generation of different surface morphologies which are observed by SEM. The obtained results are the basis for further studies on incubation including temporal multi-pulse effects.

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APA:

Häfner, T., Heberle, J., Dobler, M., & Schmidt, M. (2016). Influences on Incubation in ps Laser Micro-machining of Steel Alloys. Journal of Laser Applications, Volume 28(Number 2), 0226051-0226056. https://dx.doi.org/10.2351/1.4944445

MLA:

Häfner, Tom, et al. "Influences on Incubation in ps Laser Micro-machining of Steel Alloys." Journal of Laser Applications Volume 28.Number 2 (2016): 0226051-0226056.

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