Shaping of annular laser intensity profiles and their thermal effects for optical trepanning

Optical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Zeng, D ^a   Latham, W P ^b   Kar, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annular laser beam; Geometrical optics; Laser drilling; Lens design; Optical trepanning

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LENSES; OPTICAL DESIGN; SURFACES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ANNULAR LASER BEAM; LASER DRILLING; LASER INTENSITY PROFILES; LENS DESIGN; OPTICAL TREPANNING;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 33748596646     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2150789     Document Type: Article

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