CHEN Hong, WANG Xu-bao. Evaluation and measurement of beam quality of high power manufacturing laser[J]. Editorial Office of Optics and Precision Engineering, 2011,19(2): 297-303
CHEN Hong, WANG Xu-bao. Evaluation and measurement of beam quality of high power manufacturing laser[J]. Editorial Office of Optics and Precision Engineering, 2011,19(2): 297-303 DOI: 10.3788/OPE.20111902.0297.
Evaluation and measurement of beam quality of high power manufacturing laser
The evaluation and measurement of the beam quality for a high power manufacturing laser were established based on modern laser manufacturing. The measuring parameters
measuring principle
method
equipment and calculation were investigated. Firstly
based on the parameter analysis on distinguishing the laser beam quality at present
the relationship between beam quality and beam width was discussed by taking the beam propagation ratio(
M
2
)and beam parameter product (
K
f
) for examples. Then
the proper parameters were proposed. Finally
a method based on the object of actual measurement and results were introduced. Experimental results indicate that the
K
f
value of DC035Slab CO
2
laser and TLF6000tCO
2
laser are 3.78 mmmrad and 8.67 mmmrad
respectively.It is concluded that the
K
f
value is the calculation results of hyperbolic fitting based on the actual measurement of beam radius at different positions along the laser beam propagating direction
the capability and focus ability of high power laser propagation can be reflected better
which defines well the laser performance for manufacturing systems.
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