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1high power laser beam — device that produces an intensely powerful beam of light …
2Laser beam profiler — A laser beam profiler captures, displays, and records the spatial intensity profile of a laser beam at a particular plane transverse to the beam propagation path. Since there are many types of lasers ultraviolet, visible, infrared, continuous… …
3Laser beam welding — (LBW) is a welding technique used to join multiple pieces of metal through the use of a laser. The beam provides a concentrated heat source, allowing for narrow, deep welds and high welding rates. The process is frequently used in high volume… …
4Laser cutting — process on a sheet of steel. CAD (top) and stainless steel laser cut part (bottom) Laser cutting is a technology that uses a laser to cut materials, an …
5Power scaling — of a laser is increasing its output power without changing the geometry, shape, or principle of operation. Power scalability is considered an important advantage in a laser design.Usually, power scaling requires a more powerful pump source,… …
6Tactical High Energy Laser — THEL/ACTD The Tactical High Energy Laser, or THEL, is a laser developed for military use, also known as the Nautilus laser system. The mobile version is the Mobile Tactical High Energy Laser, or MTHEL. Contents …
7Laser peening — is the process of hardening or peening metal using a powerful laser. Laser peening can impart a layer of residual compressive stress on a surface that is four times deeper than that attainable from conventional shot peening treatments. [cite web… …
8Laser engineered net shaping — or LENS is a technology developed by Sandia National Laboratories for fabricating metal parts directly from a computer aided design (CAD) solid model by using a metal powder injected into a molten pool created by a focused, high powered laser… …
9Laser — For other uses, see Laser (disambiguation). United States Air Force laser experiment …
10Laser diode — Top: a packaged laser diode shown with a penny for scale. Bottom: the laser diode chip is removed from the above package and placed on the eye of a needle for scale …
