Engineering topics

Kolachalam, Sharath K.

Publications and source records attributed to Kolachalam, Sharath K..

2 records

DOE OSTI2017

High power laser-mechanical drilling bit and methods of use

An apparatus with a high power laser-mechanical bit for use with a laser drilling system and a method for advancing a borehole. The laser-mechanical bit has a beam path and mechanical removal devices that provide for the removal of laser-affected rock to advance a borehole.

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DOE OSTI2016

Total internal reflection laser tools and methods

There is provided high power laser tools and laser heads that utilize total internal reflection ("TIR") structures to direct the laser beam along a laser beam path within the TIR structure. The TIR structures may be a TIR prism having its hypotenuse as a TIR surface.

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