In-process laser beam position sensing

Shang-Liang Chen; L. Li; Peter J. Modern; William M. Steen

doi:10.1117/12.46907

1 October 1991 In-process laser beam position sensing

Shang-Liang Chen, L. Li, Peter J. Modern, William M. Steen

Proceedings Volume 1502, Industrial and Scientific Uses of High-Power Lasers; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.46907
Event: ECO4 (The Hague '91), 1991, The Hague, Netherlands

Abstract

The case of in-process sensing is one of the strengths of laser material processing both in the variety of signals from the process and range of techniques for beam guidance. If the beam could be stabilized at a given location automatically this would be equivalent to relocating the laser beam. Automatic laser beam position sensing is the first step toward this goal. Methods of beam sensing without beam blocking are reviewed and a new device described. This device is based on a beam splitter and a rotating slot.

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Shang-Liang Chen, L. Li, Peter J. Modern, and William M. Steen "In-process laser beam position sensing", Proc. SPIE 1502, Industrial and Scientific Uses of High-Power Lasers, (1 October 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.46907

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