Combined studies of surface evolution and crack healing for the suppression of negative factors during CO2 laser repairing of fused silica

Chao Tan; Linjie Zhao; Mingjun Chen; Jian Cheng; Zhaoyang Yin; Qi Liu; Hao Yang; Wei Liao

doi:10.3788/COL202119.041402

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