Laser Cutting with Direct Diode Lasers - Opportunities in Polarization and Beam Shaping KU Leuven
The focus of this doctoral research is in the exploration of Direct Diode Lasers (DDLs) as a tool for industrial laser cutting and on the identification of their unique opportunities. As main building blocks of established cutting technologies (the CO2 and fiber laser variants), the DDLs pose interesting advantages in terms of price, compactness, reliability and efficiency. In this context, the performance of state-of-the-art DDLs is ...