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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2019
Applicant:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc, Livermore, CA (US);
Inventor:
Manyalibo Joseph Matthews, Livermore, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/356 (2014.01); B23K 26/073 (2006.01); B23K 26/0622 (2014.01); B23K 26/06 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/356 (2015.10); B23K 26/0608 (2013.01); B23K 26/0622 (2015.10); B23K 26/073 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a laser based system for laser peening a workpiece. The system has a pulse laser configured to generate laser pulses and a controller for controlling operation of the pulse laser. The controller is further configured to control the pulse laser to cause the pulse laser to generate at least one of the laser pulses with a spatio-temporally varying laser fluence over a duration of the at least one of the laser pulses.