Single-mode fiber delivery of Nd:YAG light for precision machining applications

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1602-1606

  Hand, Duncan P ^a   Jones, Julian D C ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; METAL CUTTING; NEODYMIUM LASERS; STAINLESS STEEL; STEEL SHEET;

PRECISION MACHINING; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0032027695     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.001602     Document Type: Article

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