Application of cooled spatial light modulator for high power nanosecond laser micromachining

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 17059-17065

  Beck, Rainer J ^a   Parry, Jonathan P ^a   MacPherson, William N ^a   Waddie, Andrew ^a   Weston, Nick J ^a   Shephard, Jonathan D ^a   Hand, Duncan P ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHT MODULATION; MICROMACHINING; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASERS;

AVERAGE POWER HANDLING CAPABILITIES; BEAM-SHAPING; BEAM-STEERING; HEAT SINKING; HIGH-POWER; INTENSITY PATTERNS; INVERSE FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LASER MACHINING; NANOSECOND LASER MICROMACHINING; NANOSECOND PULSED LASER; SPATIAL INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; MICROTECHNOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LASERS; LIGHT; MICROTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77955622223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.017059     Document Type: Article

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