Optical trepanning with a refractive axicon lens system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6290, Issue , 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 beam; Axicon; Laser drilling; Optical trepanning

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; LENSES; METALLURGY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; STAINLESS STEEL; VAPORIZATION;

ANNULAR BEAMS; AXICON; LASER DRILLING; OPTICAL TREPANNING;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 33750483947     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.684102     Document Type: Conference Paper

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