The Influence of Brightness during Laser Surface Treatment of Si3N4 Engineering Ceramics Shukla, P. & Lawrence, J. Author post-print (accepted) deposited by Coventry University’s Repository Original citation & hyperlink: Shukla, P & Lawrence, J 2012, 'The Influence of Brightness during Laser Surface Treatment of Si3N4 Engineering Ceramics' Optics and Lasers in Engineering, vol. 50, pp. 1746-1751. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2012.07.006 DOI 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2012.07.006 ISSN 0143-8166 Publisher: Elsevier NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Optics and Lasers in Engineering. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Optics and Lasers in Engineering, [50], (2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2012.07.006 © 2017, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Copyright © and Moral Rights are retained by the author(s) and/ or other copyright owners. A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge. This item cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively from without first obtaining permission in writing from the copyright holder(s). The content must not be changed in any way or sold commercially in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. This document is the author’s post-print version, incorporating any revisions agreed during the peer-review process. Some differences between the published version and this version may remain and you are advised to consult the published version if you wish to cite from it.