Optical trepaning using axicon lenses

24th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, ICALEO 2005 - Congress Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 68-75

  Zeng, D ^a,d   Latham, W P ^b   Jacobs, P F ^c,e   Kar, A ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Laser Fare Inc   (United States)

^d UCF   (United States)

^e Laser Fare

^f UCF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILLING; HEATING; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; VAPORIZATION;

GAUSSIAN CIRCULAR LASER BEAM; LASER DRILLING; PULSE REPETITION RATE;

LENSES;

EID: 33645151408     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2351/1.5060534     Document Type: Conference Paper

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