Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 38, Issue 4, 403003(2011)

An Exploratory Investigation of Wide-Band Beam Shaping for High Power Laser Processing

Luo Xi1、*, Chen Peifeng1, Wang Ying1, Liang Qiaochun1, and Du Jianwei2
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    A novel high-power wide-band laser beam shaping method using a fan-shaped quasi-parabolic mirror is exploringly proposed. The design principle and preliminary experimental results of the wide-band beam shaping system based on a fan-shaped quasi-parabolic mirror are presented. According to the geometrical optics, the focusing characteristics of a real beam passing through the beam wide-band shaping system are investigated by ray tracing. It is demonstrated that, after transformed by the wide-band beam shaping system, the original high-power circular laser beam can be shaped into an arc-shaped scanning strip of uniform intensity distribution and large size (20~500 mm). By using a transverse flow CO2 laser, the optical transformation characteristics of the actual wide-band beam shaping system are invested. The experimental and theoretical results are in good agreement.

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    Luo Xi, Chen Peifeng, Wang Ying, Liang Qiaochun, Du Jianwei. An Exploratory Investigation of Wide-Band Beam Shaping for High Power Laser Processing[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2011, 38(4): 403003

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    Paper Information

    Category: laser manufacturing

    Received: Sep. 10, 2010

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Mar. 24, 2011

    The Author Email: Xi Luo (luoxihust@126.com)

    DOI:10.3788/cjl201138.0403003

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