GB9520850D0 - Optical transmission device,solid state laser device,and laser beam processing device having them - Google Patents

Optical transmission device,solid state laser device,and laser beam processing device having them

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GB9520850D0
GB9520850D0 GBGB9520850.0A GB9520850A GB9520850D0 GB 9520850 D0 GB9520850 D0 GB 9520850D0 GB 9520850 A GB9520850 A GB 9520850A GB 9520850 D0 GB9520850 D0 GB 9520850D0
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solid state
optical transmission
beam processing
laser beam
laser
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GB2294126A (en
GB2294126B (en
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Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
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    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
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GB9520850A 1994-10-14 1995-10-11 Optical transmission and solid state laser devices using graded index optical fiber Expired - Fee Related GB2294126B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

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GB9726180A GB2318882B (en) 1994-10-14 1995-10-11 Optical transmission and solid state laser devices using graded index optical fiber

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JP24945994 1994-10-14
JP25363795A JP3645013B2 (en) 1994-10-14 1995-09-29 Optical transmission device, solid-state laser device, and laser processing device using them

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GB2294126A GB2294126A (en) 1996-04-17
GB2294126B GB2294126B (en) 1998-08-26

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