Evaporative scribing with a moving CW laser - Effects of multiple reflections and beam polarization
- 1 January 1991
- proceedings article
- Published by Laser Institute of America
- Vol. 1991 (2) , 288-304
- https://doi.org/10.2351/1.5058454
Abstract
A numerical model for multiple reflection effects of a polarized beam on laser machining has been developed. The surface of the treated material is assumed to reflect laser irradiation in a fully specular fashion. Combining electromagnetic wave theory with Fresnel’s relation, the reflective behavior of a groove surface can be obtained as well as the change of the polarization status in the reflected wave field. The material surface is divided into a number of rectangular patches using a bicubic surface representation method. The net radiative flux for these patch elements is obtained by standard ray tracing methods. The changing state of polarization of the electric field after reflection was included in the ray tracing method. The resulting radiative flux is combined with a set of three-dimensional conduction equations governing conduction losses into the medium, and the resulting groove shape and depth are found through iterative procedures. It is observed that reflections of a polarized beam play an im...Keywords
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