Dynamic pulsing of a MOPA fiber laser for enhanced material processing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7914, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hendow, Sami T ^a   Salcedo, José R ^a   Romero, Rosa ^a   Guerreiro, Paulo T ^a  

^a Multiwave Photonics   (Portugal)

Author keywords

fiber lasers; laser materials processing; MOPA; multipulsing; percussion drilling; pulse bursts; pulsed

Indexed keywords

LASER MATERIALS PROCESSING; MOPA; MULTIPULSING; PERCUSSION DRILLING; PULSE BURSTS; PULSED;

BORING; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; INSTRUMENTS; LASER APPLICATIONS; PERCUSSION WELDING; STAINLESS STEEL;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 79955794829     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.875242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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