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Opto-Electronic Engineering, Volume. 52, Issue 7, 250068(2025)

Fracture behavior and sectional characteristics of laser cutting of bone tissue with heterogeneous structure

Litian Zhang^1,2,3, Mengnan Zhang^1,2,3, and Lingfei Ji^1,2,3、*

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¹School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China

²Key Laboratory of Trans-Scale Laser Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China

³Beijing Engineering Research Center of Laser Applied Technology, Beijing 100124, China

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Category: Article

Received: Mar. 6, 2025

Accepted: May. 12, 2025

Published Online: Sep. 4, 2025

The Author Email: Lingfei Ji (季凌飞)

DOI:10.12086/oee.2025.250068

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laser devices and laser physics

Lasers and Laser Optics

laser manufacturing

Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology