scholarly journals Study on Heat Effect of High-Power Continuous Wave Laser on Steel Cylinder

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (21) ◽  
pp. 7844
Author(s):  
Liu Yang ◽  
Tang Wei ◽  
Liu Lisheng ◽  
Shao Junfeng ◽  
Shao Ming ◽  
...  

This paper investigates the heat effects of continuous high-power lasers on steel cylinders. A theoretical model combining the mechanical characteristics and heat transfer of the steel cylinder that irradiated by a high-power laser is established. Simulations in temperature fields predict the varying heat effects on steel cylinders corresponding to different laser power levels, and more importantly, the thresholds of laser penetrations. The predictions are further validated by experimental tests, which use 1.5–2.8 kW laser irradiating on 7–15 mm thick steel cylinders. It has been found that the ablation mechanism of steel cylinder is primarily dependent on either the mass transfer of vaporized ablation or liquefied material under the action of vaporized back pressing. The present 0–300 s temperature field analyses show that steel melts at 1720 K and vaporizing ablation happens at 3250 K. It has also been observed that in the contact region between the laser and steel cylinder, the melting and vaporization accompanied by the interaction of the ablation process are followed by the sharp splash phenomenon.

Author(s):  
Abe Nobuyuki ◽  
Nakagawa Naoki ◽  
Tsukamoto Masahiro ◽  
Nakacho Keiji ◽  
Sogabe Michihiro ◽  
...  

1997 ◽  
Vol 33 (19) ◽  
pp. 1635 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.Z. Garbuzov ◽  
R.J. Menna ◽  
R.U. Martinelli ◽  
J.H. Abeles ◽  
J.C. Connolly

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 1448
Author(s):  
Nobukazu Kameyama ◽  
Hiroki Yoshida ◽  
Hitoshi Fukagawa ◽  
Kotaro Yamada ◽  
Mitsutaka Fukuda

Carbon dioxide (CO2) laser is widely used in commercial and industrial fields to process various materials including polymers, most of which have high absorptivity in infrared spectrum. Thin-film processing by the continuous wave (CW) laser is difficult since polymers are deformed and damaged by the residual heat. We developed the new method to make polypropylene (PP) and polystyrene (PS) sheets thin. The sheets are pressed to a Cu base by extracting air between the sheets and the base during laser processing. It realizes to cut the sheets to around 50 µm thick with less heat effects on the backside which are inevitable for thermal processing using the CW laser. It is considered that the boundary between the sheets and the base is in thermal equilibrium and the base prevents the sheets from deforming to support the backside. The method is applicable to practical use since it does not need any complex controls and is easy to install to an existing equipment with a minor change of the stage.


Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Anye Wang ◽  
Jian Zhang ◽  
Shuai Ye ◽  
Xiaofei Ma ◽  
Baiyi Wu ◽  
...  

Single-crystal fibers (SCFs) have a great application potential in high-power lasers due to their excellent performance. In this work, high-quality and crack-free Yb3+:Lu3Al5O12 (Yb:LuAG) SCFs were successfully fabricated by the micro-pulling-down (μ-PD) technology. Based on the laser micrometer and the X-ray Laue diffraction results, these Yb:LuAG SCFs have a less than 5% diameter fluctuation and good crystallinity along the axial direction. More importantly, the distribution of Yb ions is proved to be uniform by electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) and the scanning electron microscope (SEM). In the laser experiment, the continuous-wave (CW) output power using a 1 mm diameter Yb:LuAG single-crystal fiber is determined to be 1.96 W, at the central wavelength of 1047 nm, corresponding to a slope efficiency of 13.55%. Meanwhile, by applying a 3 mm diameter Yb:LuAG SCF, we obtain a 4.7 W CW laser output at 1049 nm with the slope efficiency of 22.17%. The beam quality factor M2 is less than 1.1 in both conditions, indicating a good optical quality of the grown fiber. Our results show that the Yb:LuAG SCF is a potential solid-state laser gain medium for 1 μm high-power lasers.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Jianxun Wang ◽  
Yixin Wan ◽  
Xinjie Li ◽  
Qiang Liu ◽  
Hao Li ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (24) ◽  
pp. 5049 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kavita Devi ◽  
S. Chaitanya Kumar ◽  
M. Ebrahim-Zadeh

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (10) ◽  
pp. 3599-3607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manmath Kumar Badapanda ◽  
Akhilesh Tripathi ◽  
Rinki Upadhyay ◽  
Mahendra Lad ◽  
Pundalik R. Hannurkar

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (17) ◽  
pp. 2563 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. T. Green ◽  
D. E. Sikes ◽  
D. D. Yavuz
Keyword(s):  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camille Petite ◽  
Antonin Moreau ◽  
Hélène Krol ◽  
Catherine Grèzes-Besset ◽  
Julien Lumeau ◽  
...  

Laser Physics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 025801
Author(s):  
Xiangrui Liu ◽  
Zhuang Li ◽  
Chengkun Shi ◽  
Bo Xiao ◽  
Run Fang ◽  
...  

Abstract We demonstrated 22 W LD-pumped high-power continuous-wave (CW) deep red laser operations at 718.5 and 720.8 nm based on an a-cut Pr3+:YLF crystal. The output power of both polarized directions reached the watt-level without output power saturation. A single wavelength laser operated at 720.8 nm in the π-polarized direction was achieved, with a high output power of 4.5 W and high slope efficiency of approximately 41.5%. To the best of our knowledge, under LD-pumped conditions, the laser output power and slope efficiency are the highest at 721 nm. By using a compact optical glass plate as an intracavity etalon, we suppressed the π-polarized 720.8 nm laser emission. And σ-polarized single-wavelength laser emission at 718.5 nm was achieved, with a maximum output power of 1.45 W and a slope efficiency of approximately 17.8%. This is the first time that we have achieved the σ-polarized laser emission at 718.5 nm generated by Pr3+:YLF lasers.


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