Title :
Current status and future prospect of high-power industrial lasers for material processing
Author_Institution :
Amada Eng. Center Co. Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan
fDate :
Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999
Abstract :
Summary form only given, as follows. Laser materials processing with high power lasers is becoming widely accepted in industrial use. Several trends of high power lasers may be identified. Efforts are undertaken for all kinds of lasers to cut down the production cost, to improve reliability and to increase output power. Developments in CO/sub 2/, Nd:YAG and COIL lasers are discussed.
Keywords :
chemical lasers; gas lasers; laser beam machining; laser beam welding; laser materials processing; reviews; solid lasers; CO/sub 2/; COIL lasers; LD pumped laser; Nd:YAG laser beam; O/sub 2/-I; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; beam quality; cross flow type lasers; diamond output window; diffusion cooled type laser; fast axial flow lasers; future prospects; high efficiency; high power diode laser; high-power industrial lasers; improved reliability; increased output power; lamp pumped laser; material processing; reduced production cost; sheet metal cutting; stable performance; welding application; Chemical lasers; Fiber lasers; Gas lasers; Laser beam cutting; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser noise; Materials processing; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul, South Korea
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5661-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.817841
