The drilling of slate tiles by a Nd:YAG laser

Journal of Laser Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 211-214

  Lusquinos F ^a   Pou, J ^a   Soto, R ^a   Perez Amor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Laser drilling; Nd:YAG laser; Slate

Indexed keywords

DRILLING; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SLATE; TILE;

LASER DRILLING; SLATE TILES;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0031212961     PISSN: 1042346X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2351/1.4745462     Document Type: Article

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