Microdrilling of metals with ultrashort laser pulses

Journal of Laser Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-27

  Tonshoff H K ^a   Momma, C ^a   Ostendorf, A ^a   Nolte, S ^a   Kamlage, G ^a  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser; Laser micromachining; Ultrafast laser

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040956593     PISSN: 1042346X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2351/1.521909     Document Type: Article

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