Glossary of Terms
Electrical Air Plasma
Home›Terminology Key Takeaways Ambient air is the working gas, so no specialty gas supply or cylinders are needed. It runs...
Read More →Electrical Corona Discharge
Home›Terminology Key Takeaways Corona ionises ambient air across a small gap between an electrode and a grounded surface, forming a...
Read More →Flame Plasma
Home›Terminology Key Takeaways An open gas-air or gas-oxygen flame oxidizes and thermally activates the surface, removing contaminants as it does...
Read More →Laser-Markable Plastics
Home›Terminology Key Takeaways “Laser-markable” means formulated to react, not merely exposed to a laser — the response is engineered in....
Read More →Ytterbium Fiber Laser
Home›Terminology Key Takeaways Operating range is 1,030 to 1,100 nm, in the near-infrared band used for industrial marking. Electrical-to-optical efficiency...
Read More →Vanadate Laser
Home›Terminology Key Takeaways Nd:YVO4 is neodymium-doped yttrium orthovanadate, a solid-state gain medium known for beam quality. Frequency tripling to 355...
Read More →Laser irradiance
Home›Terminology Key Takeaways Irradiance = power divided by area, measured in watts per square centimetre at the focal spot. Spot...
Read More →MOPA Laser
Home›Terminology Key Takeaways Two stages, independently controlled — a master oscillator creates the pulse, an amplifier boosts it. Pulse duration...
Read More →Dual-Purpose Laser Additives
Home›Terminology Key Takeaways One additive package, more than one job — laser markability plus a second performance function in the...
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