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    • Weiyi Gu

    Senior Manager of Laser Systems, Focuslight Technologies

    Weiyi Gu is Senior Manager of Laser Systems at Focuslight Technologies (Xi’an, China).        

    FIGURE 1. Laser beam uniformity affects lapping in the cladding process.
    Lasers & Sources

    High-power, low-SMILE vertical stack diode laser bars enable better laser cladding

    Weiyi Gu
    Jan. 27, 2021
    A low near-field nonlinearity (low-SMILE), 32-bar diode stack produces a 6 kW uniform flat-top beam for cladding applications.