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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2019
Applicant:

Trumpf Laser Uk Limited, Hedge End, GB;

Inventors:

Andrew Malinowski, Southampton, GB;

Christophe Andre Codemard, Eastleigh, GB;

Mikhail Nickolaos Zervas, Southampton, GB;

Iain Botheroyd, Rugby, GB;

Stephen John Keen, Bishops Tachbrook, GB;

Malcolm Paul Varnham, Alresford, GB;

Assignee:

Trumpf Laser UK Limited, Hedge End, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/06 (2014.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B22F 3/24 (2006.01); B23K 26/073 (2006.01); B23K 26/34 (2014.01); B23K 26/342 (2014.01); B23K 26/38 (2014.01); G02B 6/14 (2006.01); G02B 6/26 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/342 (2015.10); B22F 3/105 (2013.01); B22F 3/24 (2013.01); B23K 26/0648 (2013.01); B23K 26/0734 (2013.01); B23K 26/34 (2013.01); B23K 26/38 (2013.01); G02B 6/14 (2013.01); G02B 6/268 (2013.01); B22F 2003/247 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01);
Abstract

Apparatus for laser processing a material (), comprising a laser (), an optical fibre (), and a coupler (), wherein: the laser () is connected to the optical fibre (); the optical fibre () is a multimode optical fibre having a first optical mode () having a first mode order (), a second optical mode () having a second mode order (), and a third optical mode () having a third mode order (); the third mode order () is higher than the second mode order () which is higher than the first mode order (); the coupler () switches laser radiation propagating in the first optical mode () to laser radiation propagating in the second optical mode (); and the coupler () switches the laser radiation propagating in the second optical mode () to laser radiation propagating in the third optical mode ().


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