Keyhole morphology monitoring in laser welding using optical coherence tomography

Guanming Xie; Weixin Ma; Yueqiang Zhang; Sanhong Wang; You Li; Biao Hu; Shaohua Yan; Yu Fu; Qifeng Yu

doi:10.3788/COL202523.031201

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 3, 031201(2025)

Keyhole morphology monitoring in laser welding using optical coherence tomography

Guanming Xie1...2, Weixin Ma1,2, Yueqiang Zhang1,2,*, Sanhong Wang3, You Li4, Biao Hu1,2, Shaohua Yan1,2, Yu Fu1,2, and Qifeng Yu1,25 |Show fewer author(s)

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¹Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Measurement and Detection, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

²College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

³Shenzhen Sincevision Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen 518055, China

⁴National Key Laboratory of Human Factors Engineering, China Astronaut Research and Training Center, Beijing 100094, China

⁵College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China

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Guanming Xie, Weixin Ma, Yueqiang Zhang, Sanhong Wang, You Li, Biao Hu, Shaohua Yan, Yu Fu, Qifeng Yu, "Keyhole morphology monitoring in laser welding using optical coherence tomography," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 031201 (2025)

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