Optical design and development of a fiber coupled high-power diode laser system for laser transmission welding of plastics

Optical Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Rodríguez Vidal, Eva ^a   Quintana, Iban ^a   Etxarri, Jon ^a   Azkorbebeitia, Urko ^a   Otaduy, Deitze ^a   González, Francisco ^b   Moreno, Fernando ^b  

^a Polo Tecnológico de Eibar   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beam quality; Carbon nanotubes; High power diode laser bars; Laser transmission welding; Optical design; Polarization multiplexing; Polymer

Indexed keywords

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; HIGH POWER DIODE LASER; HIGH-POWER DIODE LASERS; LASER TRANSMISSION WELDING; POLARIZATION MULTIPLEXING; POLARIZATION TECHNIQUES; RAY TRACING SIMULATION;

BEAM QUALITY; CARBON NANOTUBES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAM WELDING; LASER MIRRORS; LASER OPTICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FIBERS; POLARIZATION; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; WELDS;

ABS RESINS;

EID: 84878910358     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.OE.51.12.124301     Document Type: Article

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