The effect of spot size and laser beam quality on welding performance when using high-power continuous wave solid-state lasers

24th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, ICALEO 2005 - Congress Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 264-271

  Verhaeghe, Geert ^a   Hilton, Paul ^a,b  

^a TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b European Laser Institute

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; HIGH POWER LASERS; LASER BEAMS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

BEAM QUALITIES; CW FIBRE-DELIVERED LASERS; LASER SOURCES;

LASER BEAM WELDING;

EID: 33645134916     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2351/1.5060500     Document Type: Conference Paper

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