Abstract: A laser system, which is used in material processing to produce a radiation line of small width and uniform high intensity in the longitudinal direction, produces radiation that has different mode numbers M2 perpendicular to the propagation direction.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 14, 2007
Date of Patent:
August 11, 2009
Assignee:
Innovavent GmbH
Inventors:
Günter Hollemann, Peter Heist, Peter Oesterlin, Berthold Burghardt, Hans-Jürgen Kahlert, Klaus Brunwinkel, Henning Schmidt, Thomas Gabler, Ulf Krause