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Identification of spatial intensity profiles from femtosecond laser machined depth profiles via neural networks

Identification of spatial intensity profiles from femtosecond laser machined depth profiles via neural networks
Identification of spatial intensity profiles from femtosecond laser machined depth profiles via neural networks
Laser machining involves many complex processes, especially when using femtosecond pulses due to the high peak intensities involved. Whilst conventional modelling, such as those based on photon-electron interactions, can be used to predict the appearance of the surface after machining, this generally becomes unfeasible for micron-scale features and larger. The authors have previously demonstrated that neural networks can simulate the appearance of a sample when machined using different spatial intensity profiles. However, using a neural network to model the reverse of this process is challenging, as diffractive effects mean that any particular sample appearance could have been produced by a large number of beam shape variations. Neural networks struggle with such one-to-many mappings, and hence a different approach is needed. Here, we demonstrate that this challenge can be solved by using a neural network loss function that is a separate neural network. Here, we therefore present a neural network that can identify the spatial intensity profiles needed, for multiple laser pulses, to produce a specific depth profile in 5 µm thick electroless nickel.
1094-4087
36469-36486
McDonnell, Michael, David Tom
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Grant-Jacob, James
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Praeger, Matthew
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McDonnell, Michael, David Tom, Grant-Jacob, James, Praeger, Matthew, Eason, R.W. and Mills, Benjamin (2021) Identification of spatial intensity profiles from femtosecond laser machined depth profiles via neural networks. Optics Express, 29 (22), 36469-36486. (doi:10.1364/OE.431441).

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Laser machining involves many complex processes, especially when using femtosecond pulses due to the high peak intensities involved. Whilst conventional modelling, such as those based on photon-electron interactions, can be used to predict the appearance of the surface after machining, this generally becomes unfeasible for micron-scale features and larger. The authors have previously demonstrated that neural networks can simulate the appearance of a sample when machined using different spatial intensity profiles. However, using a neural network to model the reverse of this process is challenging, as diffractive effects mean that any particular sample appearance could have been produced by a large number of beam shape variations. Neural networks struggle with such one-to-many mappings, and hence a different approach is needed. Here, we demonstrate that this challenge can be solved by using a neural network loss function that is a separate neural network. Here, we therefore present a neural network that can identify the spatial intensity profiles needed, for multiple laser pulses, to produce a specific depth profile in 5 µm thick electroless nickel.

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Accepted/In Press date: 25 August 2021
Published date: 25 October 2021
Additional Information: Funding Information: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/N03368X/1, EP/T026197/1). Funding Information: Acknowledgements. We gratefully acknowledge the support of NVIDIA Corporation with the donation of the Quadro 6000 GPU used for this research. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 OSA - The Optical Society. All rights reserved.

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Local EPrints ID: 452203
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/452203
ISSN: 1094-4087
PURE UUID: fe1ef137-64b1-47a3-80e0-a7475ca1b0cf
ORCID for Michael, David Tom McDonnell: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4308-1165
ORCID for James Grant-Jacob: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4270-4247
ORCID for Matthew Praeger: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5814-6155
ORCID for R.W. 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: 30 Nov 2021 17:30
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:22

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Author: Michael, David Tom McDonnell ORCID iD
Author: Matthew Praeger ORCID iD
Author: R.W. Eason ORCID iD
Author: Benjamin Mills ORCID iD

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