Patent ID: 9346122
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: B23K

Claim Text:
1. A laser system for processing one or more materials or combination of materials with composite laser energy, the system comprising: one or more laser sources configured to provide a first plurality of first laser beams, with individual first laser beams having beam characteristics that are generally different from corresponding beam characteristics of other individual first laser beams; preconditioning optics arranged to combine the first plurality of first laser beams into a first composite beam; recomposition optics arranged to separate the first composite beam into a second plurality of second laser beams and combine the second plurality of second laser beams into a second composite beam; beam modification optics arranged to modify wave fronts of one or more of the individual second laser beams such that the second composite beam has one or more beam characteristics that are modified relative to corresponding beam characteristics of the first composite beam; and focusing optics arranged to focus the second plurality of second laser beams of the second composite beam within a common focusing plane.