Dear Colleagues,

After the success of the first edition of the Special Issue “High-Power Lasers for Materials Processing”, we are now proposing a second edition.

Power lasers have been developed for a long time, with many lasers being available from many different laser manufacturers. Lasers of high average power have multiple applications for working materials: drilling, sanding, hardening, welding, or cutting, as well as other applications. The principle of laser welding is based on the fusion of a point of the material on which the beam will concentrate thanks to the optical system. After focusing, its illumination can reach more than 1 MW/cm². Lasers can be used for surface treatments. They can also be used to characterize the nature of materials by creating an interaction with the medium, for example, to form phononic waves in the material and thus allow a response from it. Accordingly, this Special Issue seeks to showcase research papers, communications, and review articles that focus on the efforts made to solve problems, cut and treat surfaces, characterize materials using power lasers, or any other application of these lasers.

Dr. Patrice Salzenstein
Guest Editor

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• high-power lasers
• materials processing
• laser drilling
• laser sanding
• laser hardening
• laser welding
• laser cutting
• surface treatments

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