Ultrashort pulsed fiber laser welding and sealing of transparent materials

Applied Optics

Volumn 51, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2979-2986

  Huang, Huan ^a   Yang, Lih Mei ^a   Liu, Jian ^a  

^a PolarOnyx Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; FUSED SILICA; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; WELDING;

FUSED SILICA SUBSTRATES; LASER MICRO WELDING; OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT MATERIAL; PRECISION OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; TRANSPARENT MATERIAL; ULTRA-SHORT PULSED; WATER IMMERSION TESTS;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 84861357267     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.51.002979     Document Type: Article

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