High power femtosecond fiber chirped pulse amplification system for high speed micromachining

Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 176-180

  Shah, Lawrence ^a   Fermann, Martin E ^a  

^a IMRA AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cubicon pulse; Fiber laser; High repetition rate; Micromachining; Ultrashort pulse laser

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250782940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18800688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2961/jlmn.2006.03.0005     Document Type: Article

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