Mr. Aaron L. Hodges Profile

Aaron L. Hodges

at nLIGHT Inc

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2022 Presentation + Paper

Advanced metal processing enabled by fiber lasers with tunable beam properties

Dahv Kliner, R. Farrow, J. Lugo, B. O'Dea, R. Hawke, B. Victor, K. Gross, A. Hodges, A. Brown, J. Pruyn, R. Stephens, B. Foley, K. Almonte, B. Kehoe, M. Hamilton, M. Reynolds, C. Luetjen, T. Lowder, S. Karlsen, D. Balsley, M. Antoina, T. Kokki, D. Swenson, C. Archer, R. Martinsen, M. Hepp

Proceedings Volume 11981, 119810C (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2614728

KEYWORDS: Additive manufacturing, Laser welding, Materials processing, Fiber lasers, Laser cutting, Beam shaping, Laser applications, Laser processing

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Paper

Variable beam high power fiber laser with optimized beam characteristics for metal cutting

B. O'Dea, R. L. Farrow, B. Victor, J. Lugo, R. Hawke, K. Gross, A. Hodges, A. Brown, M. Nelson, B. Foley, Y. Chen, K. Almonte, D. Dye, M. Reynolds, K. Kennedy, D. Swenson, D. A. V. Kliner

Proceedings Volume 11107, 111070J (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2528809

KEYWORDS: Laser cutting, Fiber lasers, Beam shaping, Metals, Free space optics, Laser processing, Switching, Laser applications, Materials processing

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Proceedings Article | 26 February 2018 Paper

Next-generation fiber lasers enabled by high-performance components

D. A. Kliner, B. Victor, C. Rivera, G. Fanning, D. Balsley, R. Farrow, K. Kennedy, S. Hampton, R. Hawke, E. Soukup, M. Reynolds, A. Hodges, J. Emery, A. Brown, K. Almonte, M. Nelson, B. Foley, D. Dawson, D. Hemenway, W. Urbanek, M. DeVito, L. Bao, J. Koponen, K. Gross

Proceedings Volume 10513, 105130S (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2292271

KEYWORDS: Laser welding, Ytterbium, Materials processing, Semiconductor lasers, Fiber lasers, Modulation, Laser cutting, Diodes, Reliability, Laser processing

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Proceedings Article | 18 February 2010 Paper

High-power high-brightness 808nm QCW laser diode mini bars

Hua Huang, Jun Wang, Mark DeVito, Ling Bao, Aaron Hodges, Shiguo Zhang, Damian Wise, Mike Grimshaw, Dapeng Xu, Chendong Bai

Proceedings Volume 7583, 75831A (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.842859

KEYWORDS: Failure analysis, High power lasers, Semiconductor lasers, Laser development, Laser applications, Reliability, Pulsed laser operation, Power supplies, Near field, Crystals

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Proceedings Article | 3 April 2008 Paper

Mode control for high performance laser diode sources

Paul Leisher, Kirk Price, Shabbir Bashar, Ling Bao, Hua Huang, Jun Wang, Damian Wise, Shiguo Zhang, Suhit Das, Mark DeFranza, Aaron Hodges, Utsu Trifan, David Balsley, Weimin Dong, Mike Grimshaw, Mark DeVito, Jake Bell, Robert Martinsen, Jason Farmer, Paul Crump, Steve Patterson

Proceedings Volume 6952, 69520C (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.778392

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Diodes, Fiber Bragg gratings, Reliability, Optical design, Solid state lasers, High power lasers, Epitaxy, Nd:YAG lasers, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 10 May 2007 Paper

A CTE matched, hard solder, passively cooled laser diode package combined with nXLT facet passivation enables high power, high reliability operation

Aaron Hodges, Jun Wang, Mark DeFranza, Xingsheng Liu, Bill Vivian, Curt Johnson, Paul Crump, Paul Leisher, Mark DeVito, Robert Martinsen, Jacob Bell

Proceedings Volume 6552, 65521E (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.730700

KEYWORDS: Indium, Semiconductor lasers, Reliability, Diodes, High power lasers, Copper, Laser packaging, Temperature metrology, Laser development

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