Measurement Method of Keyhole Depth in Laser Welding Based on Polarization Sensitive OCT

Zhaoyang Li; Zhongliang Li; Nan Nan; Teng Liu; Chenming Yang; Xinjun Wan; Yiheng Zhang; Xiangzhao Wang

doi:10.3788/CJL230449

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