Blue High-Power/High-Brightness Direct Diode Lasers are rapidly evolving as one of the preferred laser technologies for processing highly reflective materials. This paper focuses on the recent advances applying Wavelength Beam Combining (WBC) technology to diode bars emitting in the 445nm region to demonstrate the power scalability with high beam qualities only achievable using WBC technology. We’ll present our latest developments including 400W Blue lasers coupled with fiber diameters ≤50um. We will also show results of combining multiple laser modules to scale powers to multi-KW levels with fiber diameters ≤ 100um. Finally, we will discuss the future of this technology.
Industrial High-Power/High-Brightness Direct Diode Laser (DDL) are rapidly evolving as one of the preferred laser technologies for metal processing with several benefits such as higher processing speeds, superior applications quality and wall plug efficiencies higher than 40%. This paper focuses on the recent advances applying Wavelength Beam Combining (WBC) technology to diode bars emitting in the 400nm region to demonstrate the power scalability with beam qualities only archivable using WBC technology. Also, will talk about the 6kW/100um laser in the 975nm region using the Fast-Beam-Shaper (FBS) capable of dynamically and continuously changing the shape of the beam in a couple of milliseconds to shape-modulate the output beam to closely match the application requirements. We will also show an approach for a 6kW/50um extended broadband laser in the 875-1000nm spectral region that doubles the brightness capabilities of DDL and enhance the metal processing quality.
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