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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2016
Applicant:
University of Dundee, Dundee, GB;
Inventor:
Amin Abdolvand, Dundee, GB;
Assignee:
University of Dundee, Dundee, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/352 (2014.01); B23K 26/00 (2014.01); B23K 26/082 (2014.01); B23K 26/0622 (2014.01); B23K 103/04 (2006.01); B23K 103/06 (2006.01); B23K 103/10 (2006.01); B23K 103/12 (2006.01); B23K 103/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/3584 (2018.08); B23K 26/0006 (2013.01); B23K 26/0624 (2015.10); B23K 26/082 (2015.10); B23K 26/352 (2015.10); B23K 2103/05 (2018.08); B23K 2103/06 (2018.08); B23K 2103/10 (2018.08); B23K 2103/12 (2018.08); B23K 2103/14 (2018.08);
Abstract
A method of blackening a surface, comprises applying laser radiation to the surface of a target () to produce a periodic arrangement of structures on the surface of the target (), wherein the laser radiation comprises pulsed laser radiation comprising a series of laser pulses and the power density of the pulses is in a range 2 GW/cmto 50 GW/cmor 0.1 TW/cmto 3 TW/cm, and/or a pulse duration between 200 femtoseconds to 1000 picoseconds.