Micromachining with a 50 W, 50 μJ, sub-picosecond fiber laser system

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 12546-12551

  Shah, Lawrence ^a   Fermann, Martin E ^a   Dawson, Jay W ^b   Barty, Christopher P J ^b  

^a IMRA AMERICA INC   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; LASER PULSES;

ABLATION RATES; REPETITION RATE; SYSTEM CONFIGURATION;

MICROMACHINING;

EID: 33845458817     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.012546     Document Type: Article

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