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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Practical Method for Accelerated Calculations of System Reliability Parameters
The paper describes a method developed to provide system level reliability parameter predictions. The approach adopted combines the use of minimal cut-sets, generated by an initial fault tree analysis (FTA), w...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Studies of Metal Oxidation under the Action of CW — CO2 Laser Radiation
Laser interaction with metallic surfaces in the presence of chemical active media leads to the formation of different compound such as oxides /1–9/, nitrides /10,11/ or carbides /12/. During the interaction pr...
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Article
Vanadium oxidation as a result of cw CO2 laser irradiation in atmospheric air
New results are reported concerning the vanadium oxidation by cw CO2 laser irradiation in air at atmospheric pressure. Particular emphasis is paid both to the initial stage and the development of the oxidation pr...
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Article
Laser-Induced Oxidation and Crystallization of Thin Amorphous Sputtered Cr Films
The crystallization and oxidation processes of thin, free-standing (FS), sputtered Cr films under the action of cw CO2 laser irradiation were studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and transmission ele...
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Free-running ruby laser annealing of boron implanted silicon
An analytical treatment of the thermal phenomena during free-running ruby laser annealing of boron implanted silicon is presented. The heat equation was solved for a simplified shape of the pulse train consist...
