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Machine learning for 3D simulated visualization of laser machining

Machine learning for 3D simulated visualization of laser machining
Machine learning for 3D simulated visualization of laser machining
Laser machining can depend on the combination of many complex and nonlinear physical processes. Simulations of laser machining that are built from first-principles, such as the photon-atom interaction, are therefore challenging to scale-up to experimentally useful dimensions. Here, we demonstrate a simulation approach using a neural network, which requires zero knowledge of the underling physical processes and instead uses experimental data directly to create the model of the experiment. The neural network modelling approach was shown to accurately predict the 3D surface profile of the laser machined surface after exposure to various spatial intensity profiles, and was used to discover trends inherent within the experimental data that would have otherwise been difficult to discover.
1094-4087
21574-21584
Heath, Daniel
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Grant-Jacob, James
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Heath, Daniel, Grant-Jacob, James, Xie, Yunhui, MacKay, Benita, Scout, Baker, James, Eason, Robert and Mills, Benjamin (2018) Machine learning for 3D simulated visualization of laser machining. Optics Express, 26 (17), 21574-21584. (doi:10.1364/OE.26.021574).

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Abstract

Laser machining can depend on the combination of many complex and nonlinear physical processes. Simulations of laser machining that are built from first-principles, such as the photon-atom interaction, are therefore challenging to scale-up to experimentally useful dimensions. Here, we demonstrate a simulation approach using a neural network, which requires zero knowledge of the underling physical processes and instead uses experimental data directly to create the model of the experiment. The neural network modelling approach was shown to accurately predict the 3D surface profile of the laser machined surface after exposure to various spatial intensity profiles, and was used to discover trends inherent within the experimental data that would have otherwise been difficult to discover.

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Accepted/In Press date: 28 June 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 7 August 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 422042
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/422042
ISSN: 1094-4087
PURE UUID: 363e17d0-33d5-48ec-ad03-c3d73c360c53
ORCID for James Grant-Jacob: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4270-4247
ORCID for Benita, Scout MacKay: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2050-8912
ORCID for Robert Eason: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9704-2204
ORCID for Benjamin Mills: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1784-1012

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Date deposited: 13 Jul 2018 16:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 06:52

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Author: Daniel Heath
Author: James Grant-Jacob ORCID iD
Author: Yunhui Xie
Author: Benita, Scout MacKay ORCID iD
Author: James Baker
Author: Robert Eason ORCID iD
Author: Benjamin Mills ORCID iD

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