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Laser Application Technology

  • A comprehensive and up-to-date reference book on the application of laser technology in the production
  • Documentation of a wide range of application possibilities
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: RWTHedition (RWTH)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Introduction

    • Rolf Wester
    Pages 1-3
  3. Absorption of Laser Radiation

    • Rolf Wester
    Pages 15-41
  4. Energy Transport and Heat Conduction

    • Rolf Wester
    Pages 43-62
  5. Thermomechanics

    • Rolf Wester
    Pages 63-67
  6. Phase Transformations

    • Rolf Wester
    Pages 69-76
  7. Melt Flow

    • Rolf Wester
    Pages 77-91
  8. Laser-Induced Vaporization

    • Rolf Wester
    Pages 93-111
  9. Plasma Physics

    • Rolf Wester
    Pages 113-154
  10. Laser Beam Sources

    • Torsten Mans
    Pages 155-172
  11. Surface Treatment

    • Konrad Wissenbach
    Pages 173-239
  12. Forming

    • Alexander Olowinsky
    Pages 241-252
  13. Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Tooling

    • Christoph Over
    Pages 253-263
  14. Joining

    • Norbert Wolf
    Pages 265-341
  15. Ablation

    • Arnold Gillner, Alexander Horn
    Pages 343-363
  16. Drilling

    • Kurt Walther, Mihael Brajdic, Welf Wawers
    Pages 365-393
  17. Cutting

    • B. Seme, Frank Schneider
    Pages 395-426
  18. System Technology

    • Kerstin Kowalick
    Pages 427-472
  19. Laser Measurement Technology

    • Reinhart Poprawe
    Pages 473-536

About this book

The present book covers the application technology of lasers, focusing more on the vast range of processes than on individual applications, in order to motivate and enable future innovations. The physical basics are presented in the first half of the book. The following examination of application categories and their processes is documented by experts from their practical points of view but always refers back to the underlying physical principles. In this way, readers are free to choose their own individual level of depth in understanding this globally relevant field of innovation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • (ILT), Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik, Aachen, Germany

    Reinhart Poprawe

About the editor

Prof. Dr. Reinhart Poprawe holds an M. A. in Physics from California State University (Fresno, 1977). After completion of his diploma and PhD in Physics (Darmstadt 1984) he joined the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology in Aachen, where he began working as head of the department "Laser Oriented Process Development." From 1988 to 1996 he served as managing director of Thyssen Laser Technik GmbH in Aachen. Since then he has been managing director of the Fraunhofer ILT and holds the University Chair for Laser Technology at the RWTH Aachen.

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