Optimization of a beam delivery system for a short-pulse KrF laser used for material ablation

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 27, 1997, Pages 7080-7085

  Dainesi, Paolo ^a,b   Ihlemann, Jürgen ^a   Simon, Peter ^a  

^a LASER LABORATORIUM GÖTTINGEN E V   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

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EID: 0342811585     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.007080     Document Type: Article

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