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The beam parameters of a laser system for material processing are supposed to remain constant at the workpiece surface under all operating conditions. In particular this means: a constant focus diameter and focal depth, constant focus position and constant laser energy and laser power. For economic reasons the efficiency and the beam quality should be high, which guarantees a wide field of applications. Asymmetry in the processing direction must be avoided, the beam cross section, except in special cases, should be circular and the beam polarization circular or random.
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Iffländer, R. (2001). Resonators. In: Solid-State Lasers for Materials Processing. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 77. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-46585-0_3
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