Date of download: 12/28/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Simulation and Experimental Study of Nanosecond Laser Micromachining of Commercially Pure Titanium J. Micro Nano-Manuf. 2015;4(1):011004-011004-9. doi:10.1115/1.4031892 Figure Legend: Illustration of the method used to evaluate the diameter of craters

Date of download: 12/28/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Simulation and Experimental Study of Nanosecond Laser Micromachining of Commercially Pure Titanium J. Micro Nano-Manuf. 2015;4(1):011004-011004-9. doi:10.1115/1.4031892 Figure Legend: Comparison between predicted and measured (a) depths and (b) diameters of single craters formed at various fluence values for a pulse duration of 140 ns

Date of download: 12/28/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Simulation and Experimental Study of Nanosecond Laser Micromachining of Commercially Pure Titanium J. Micro Nano-Manuf. 2015;4(1):011004-011004-9. doi:10.1115/1.4031892 Figure Legend: Theoretical temperature variations for a 140 ns pulse at varying fluence values. The horizontal lines represent the melt and vaporization temperatures.

Date of download: 12/28/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Simulation and Experimental Study of Nanosecond Laser Micromachining of Commercially Pure Titanium J. Micro Nano-Manuf. 2015;4(1):011004-011004-9. doi:10.1115/1.4031892 Figure Legend: SEM images of single pulse craters machined at 140 ns. Scale bars: 20 μm.

Date of download: 12/28/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Simulation and Experimental Study of Nanosecond Laser Micromachining of Commercially Pure Titanium J. Micro Nano-Manuf. 2015;4(1):011004-011004-9. doi:10.1115/1.4031892 Figure Legend: Temporal temperature variations around 14 J cm−2 for different pulse durations. The horizontal lines show the melt and vaporization temperatures. The SEM images display the corresponding craters formed for 25 ns, 85 ns, and 140 ns pulses. Scale bars: 20 μm.

Date of download: 12/28/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Simulation and Experimental Study of Nanosecond Laser Micromachining of Commercially Pure Titanium J. Micro Nano-Manuf. 2015;4(1):011004-011004-9. doi:10.1115/1.4031892 Figure Legend: Spatial temperature evolutions on the top surface of Ti for a fluence of 14 J cm−2 and for pulse durations of 140 ns and 25 ns

Date of download: 12/28/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Simulation and Experimental Study of Nanosecond Laser Micromachining of Commercially Pure Titanium J. Micro Nano-Manuf. 2015;4(1):011004-011004-9. doi:10.1115/1.4031892 Figure Legend: SEM micrographs of single craters machined in the cpTi specimens at varying fluence values for pulse durations of 25 ns, 85 ns, 140 ns, and 220 ns. Scale bars: 20 μm.

Date of download: 12/28/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Simulation and Experimental Study of Nanosecond Laser Micromachining of Commercially Pure Titanium J. Micro Nano-Manuf. 2015;4(1):011004-011004-9. doi:10.1115/1.4031892 Figure Legend: Measured crater (a) depth and (b) diameter for different pulse durations and fluence values

Date of download: 12/28/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Simulation and Experimental Study of Nanosecond Laser Micromachining of Commercially Pure Titanium J. Micro Nano-Manuf. 2015;4(1):011004-011004-9. doi:10.1115/1.4031892 Figure Legend: Maximum surface temperatures and the associated SEM micrographs of craters irradiated with three different fluence values. The horizontal lines show the melt and vaporization temperatures. Scale bars: 20 μm.

Date of download: 12/28/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Simulation and Experimental Study of Nanosecond Laser Micromachining of Commercially Pure Titanium J. Micro Nano-Manuf. 2015;4(1):011004-011004-9. doi:10.1115/1.4031892 Figure Legend: Surface roughness and machining efficiency during laser milling at various fluence values for pulse durations of (a) 140 ns and (b) 220 ns. The text boxes shown below the data points give the maximum temperature reached with a single pulse.

Date of download: 12/28/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Simulation and Experimental Study of Nanosecond Laser Micromachining of Commercially Pure Titanium J. Micro Nano-Manuf. 2015;4(1):011004-011004-9. doi:10.1115/1.4031892 Figure Legend: Temporal temperature evolution at a fixed crater location during laser milling operations at a fluence of 14 J cm−2 for the pulse durations of (a) 140 ns and (b) 220 ns. The horizontal line shows the melt temperature of cpTi.