Overview of laser applications: The state of the art and the future trend

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4830, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-10

  Phipps, Claude ^a  

^a PHOTONIC ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser material processing; Laser induced plasma; laser diode; Micro devices and systems; Microthruster

Indexed keywords

FUSION REACTIONS; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER PULSES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

LASER-INDUCED PLASMA;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0038663023     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.486517     Document Type: Conference Paper

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