Progress and development in fibre laser technology

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6738, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Horley, Ray ^a   Norman, Stephen ^a   Zervas, Michalis N ^a,b  

^a Swift Valley Industrial Estate   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cutting; Defence; Fibre laser; High power; Marking; MOPA; Pulse; Welding

Indexed keywords

ROBUST CONTROL; WELDING;

DISK LASERS; INDUSTRIAL SECTORS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 42149159480     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.753171     Document Type: Conference Paper

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