High-intensity fibre laser design for micro-machining applications

D. I. Ortiz-Neria; F. Martinez-Piñón; H. Hernandez-Escamilla; J. A. Alvarez-Chavez

doi:10.1117/12.863830

29 November 2010 High-intensity fibre laser design for micro-machining applications

D. I. Ortiz-Neria, F. Martinez-Piñón, H. Hernandez-Escamilla, J. A. Alvarez-Chavez

Proceedings Volume 7842, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2010; 78421G (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.863830
Event: Laser Damage Symposium XLII: Annual Symposium on Optical Materials for High Power Lasers, 2010, Boulder, Colorado, United States

Abstract

This work is focused on the design of a 250W high-intensity continuous-wave fibre optic laser with a 15μm spot size beam and a beam parameter product (BPP) of 1.8 for its use on Laser-assisted Cold Spray process (LCS) in the micro-machining areas. The metal-powder deposition process LCS, is a novel method based on Cold Spray technique (CS) assisted by laser technology. The LCS accelerates metal powders by the use of a high-pressure gas in order to achieve flash welding of particles over substrate. In LCS, the critical velocity of impact is lower with respect with CS while the powder particle is heated before the deposition by a laser beam. Furthermore, LCS does not heat the powder to achieve high temperatures as it happens in plasma processes. This property puts aside cooling problems which normally happen in sintered processes with high oxygen/nitrogen concentration levels. LCS will be used not only in deposition of thin layers. After careful design, proof of concept, experimental data, and prototype development, it should be feasible to perform micro-machining precise work with the use of the highintensity fibre laser presented in this work, and selective deposition of particles, in a similar way to the well-known Direct Metal Laser Sintering process (DMLS). The fibre laser consists on a large-mode area, Yb³⁺-doped, semi-diffraction limited, 25-m fibre laser cavity, operating in continuous wave regime. The fibre shows an arguably high slope-efficiency with no signs of roll-over. The measured M² value is 1.8 and doping concentration of 15000ppm. It was made with a slight modification of the traditional MCVD technique. A full optical characterization will be presented.

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D. I. Ortiz-Neria, F. Martinez-Piñón, H. Hernandez-Escamilla, and J. A. Alvarez-Chavez "High-intensity fibre laser design for micro-machining applications", Proc. SPIE 7842, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2010, 78421G (29 November 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.863830

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