Method and system for cutting a material using a laser having adjustable beam characteristics
US10663742B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 27, 2018 |
| Grant date | May 26, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/0085
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods, apparatus, and systems for perturbing a laser beam propagating within a first length of fiber to adjust one or more beam characteristics of the laser beam in the first length of fiber or a second length of fiber or a combination thereof, coupling the perturbed laser beam into a second length of fiber and maintaining at least a portion of one or more adjusted beam characteristics within a second length of fiber having.
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