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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2024
Applicant:
Nlight, Inc., Camas, WA (US);
Inventors:
Jay Small, Camas, WA (US);
Robert J. Martinsen, West Linn, OR (US);
Assignee:
nLIGHT, Inc., Camas, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/32 (2006.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/31 (2021.01); B22F 12/44 (2021.01); B22F 12/49 (2021.01); B22F 12/90 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/32 (2013.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B22F 10/31 (2021.01); B22F 12/44 (2021.01); B22F 12/49 (2021.01); B22F 12/90 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12);
Abstract
A method includes producing a fiducial source beam with an optical source, and forming at least one transient optical fiducial on a laser processing target that is in a field of view of a laser scanner situated to scan a laser processing beam across the laser processing target, with an optical fiducial pattern generator that receives the fiducial source beam, to adjust a positioning of the laser processing beam relative to the at least one transient optical fiducial.