Analysis and fabrication of minifeature lamp lens by excimer laser micromachining

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 29, 2007, Pages 7184-7189

  Hocheng, Hong ^a   Wang, Kuan Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER OPTICS; LASERS; MICROMACHINING; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

LASER CROSS SCANNING; LASER OPERATING PARAMETERS; LIGHT EFFICIENCY; POLYCARBONATE SHEETS;

LENSES;

EID: 37549072221     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.007184     Document Type: Article

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