Is this for a or a general overview ?

Highly dependent on wavelength, surface roughness, and temperature.

Different heat intensities lead to different industrial applications:

Below melting; used for laser hardening or annealing. Melting: Used for welding and laser cladding. Vaporization: Used for precision cutting and drilling.

When the energy exceeds the latent heat of fusion or vaporization, the material changes state.

Only a fraction of the laser power is absorbed; the rest is reflected.

To help me flesh this out into a full formal paper, could you tell me: