Hollow-waveguide delivery systems for high-power, industrial CO2 lasers

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 372-380

  Nubling, Ricky K ^a   Harrington, James A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam delivery; CO2 lasers; Fiber optics; Hollow waveguides; Hollow glass waveguides; Hollow sapphire waveguides; Industrial lasers; Power delivery

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001348792     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.000372     Document Type: Article

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