Table of Contents

1. ‘Light’ industry: an introduction to laser processing and its industrial applications
2. The challenges ahead for laser macro, micro and nano manufacturing
3. Laser fusion cutting of difficult materials
4. Laser-assisted glass cleaving
5. Laser dicing of silicon and electronics substrates
6. Laser machining of carbon fibre-reinforced plastic composites
7. Understanding and improving process control in pulsed and continuous wave laser welding
8. Laser microspot welding in electronics production
9. Laser Hybrid Welding
10. Influencing the weld pool during laser welding
11. Laser transformation hardening of steel
12. Pulsed laser annealing technology for nanoscale fabrication of silicon-based devices in semicondoctors
13. Laser-Induced Forward Transfer Techniques and Applications
14. Production of biomaterial coatings by laser-assisted processes
15. Thick metallic coatings produced by coaxial and side laser cladding: processing and properties
16. Laser consolidation: a rapid manufacturing process for making net-shape functional components
17. Lasers for additive manufacturing
18. Laser micro/nano-fabrication techniques and their applications in electronics
19. Laser processing of direct-write nano-sized materials
20. Micro- and nano-parts generated by laser-based solid freeform fabrication
21. Laser-assisted additive fabrication of micro-sized coatings
22. Multiphysics modelling of laser solid freeform fabrication techniques
23. Process control of laser materials processing
24. Experimental Design
25. Microstructural Characterization and Mechanical Reliability of Laser-Machined Structures

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An overview of the science, technology and current and future applications of the multidisciplinary subject of laser materials processing

About the Author

Professor Jonathan Lawrence is Director of the Laser Engineering and Manufacturing Group at Coventry University, and Editor-in-Chief of Lasers in Engineering and International Journal of Laser Science: Fundamental Theory and Analytical Methods. His work has attracted over £5M in research funding and yielded six patents. He has published eight books and over 140 journal papers.