Physics of Laser Materials Processing

Smurov Igor, born on 12.01.1954 in Moscow, Russia. Graduated in 1977 from the Moscow Physical-Engineering Institute (MEPHI). Obtained in 1982 a Ph.D. degree from the Baikov Institute of Metallurgy (IMET), USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Since 1991: Full Professor at the National Engineering School in St-Etienne (ENISE), France. Since 2001: Director of R&D Laboratory “Diagnostics and Imaging in Industrial Processes” (DIPI). Main research directions: interaction of energy fluxes (laser, plasma, flame) with materials, surface technologies, thermal spraying, optical diagnostics, and numerical simulation. In laser applications, contribution to the fields of: laser surface treatment (cladding, alloying), pyrometry in laser machining, laser assisted direct manufacturing, laser induced plasma. More than 350 scientific publications. Coordinator of several European R&D projects as Growth, Brite, Copernicus, Intas.

General problems of propagation of laser radiation in gases and plasma and physical processes on the surface of condensed media.-Mechanisms of laser processing of metal surfaces .-Plasma phenomena in laser processing of materials.- Properties and mechanisms of deep melting of materials by a cw laser beam .- Physics of remote and gas-assisted cutting with lasers.- Interaction of pulsed laser radiation with materials.- Pulsed surface plasma.-Physics of the damage and deep melting of metals by laser pulses.- Interaction of repetitively pulsed laser radiation with materials