A short pulse, free running, Nd: YAG laser for the cleaning of stone cultural heritage

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-202

  Mazzinghi, Piero ^a   Margheri, Fabrizio ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Laser cleaning; Nd: YAG laser

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

LASER CLEANING;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0037411976     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-8166(01)00133-6     Document Type: Article

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