Prospects for an industrial chemical oxygen-iodine laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3092, Issue , 1997, Pages 723-726

  Vetrovec, John ^a  

^a Rockwell International   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical laser; COIL; Industrial laser; Iodine laser

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CHEMICAL LASERS; FLOW OF GASES; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; IODINE; LASER BEAM CUTTING; LASER CHEMISTRY; LASER OPTICS; LASERS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CUTTING; Q SWITCHED LASERS;

APPLICATION-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN-IODINE LASERS; COIL; ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS; HIGH BRIGHTNESS; HIGH-POWER; INDUSTRIAL LASER; IODINE LASER; MATERIAL PROCESSING APPLICATIONS;

LASER BEAM WELDING;

EID: 0001470829     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.270173     Document Type: Conference Paper

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