Laser application for optical glass polishing

Optical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 272-279

  Vega, Fidel ^a,b,c   Lupón, Núria ^a,d   Cebrian, Jesús Armengol ^a,d   Laguarta, Ferran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

In process temperature measurements; Laser beam integration; Rapid generation of polished glass surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038277023     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601614     Document Type: Article

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