Compact optical system for pulse-to-pulse laser beam quality measurement and applications in laser machining

Robert W. Lambert; Rodolphe Cortés-Martínez; Andrew J. Waddie; Jonathan D. Shephard; Mohammad R. Taghizadeh; Alan H. Greenaway; Duncan P. Hand

doi:10.1364/AO.43.005037

Compact optical system for pulse-to-pulse laser beam quality measurement and applications in laser machining

Robert W. Lambert, Rodolphe Cortés-Martínez, Andrew J. Waddie, Jonathan D. Shephard, Mohammad R. Taghizadeh, Alan H. Greenaway, Duncan P. Hand

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Fluctuations in beam quality (M²) have been observed on a pulse-to-pulse basis from an industrial Nd:YAG laser. This Was achieved with a compact multiplane imaging method incorporating quadratically distorted diffraction gratings, which enabled simultaneous imaging of nine planes on a single CCD array. With this system, we measured across a range of beam qualities with an associated error (in M² variation) of the order of 0.7%. Application of the system to fiber-optic beam delivery and laser drilling is demonstrated. © 2004 Optical Society of America.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5037-5046
Number of pages	10
Journal	Applied Optics
Volume	43
Issue number	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.43.005037
Publication status	Published - 10 Sept 2004

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