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| Title: | Paint stripping with high power flattened Gaussian beams |
| Authors: | Forbes, A
Du Preez, NC
Belyi, VN
Botha, LR |
| Keywords: | Flattened Gaussian beam
Flat-top beams
Resonator modes
Diffractive optics
Paint stripping
Laser beam |
| Issue Date: | Aug-2009 |
| Publisher: | Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers |
| Citation: | Forbes, A, Du Preez, NC, Belyi, VN and Botha, LR. 2009. Paint stripping with high power flattened Gaussian beams. Laser Beam Shaping X Conference, San Diego, USA, 3-4 August 2009, pp 6 |
| Abstract: | In this paper the researchers present results on improved paint stripping performance with an intra-cavity generated Flattened Gaussian Beam (FGB). A resonator with suitable diffractive optical elements was designed in order to produce a single mode flat–top like laser beam as the output. The design was implemented in a TEA CO2 laser outputting more than 5 J per pulse in the desired mode. The FGB showed improved performance in a paint stripping application due to its uniformity of intensity, and high energy extraction from the cavity. |
| Description: | Copyright 2009. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3814 |
| ISBN: | 9780819477200 |
| ISSN: | 0277-786X |
| Appears in Collections: | Laser physics and technology
Laser materials processing
Metal and metal processes
Advanced mathematical modelling and simulation
Manufacturing science and technology
General science, engineering & technology
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