Machine learning for 3 D 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 underlying 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. Published by The Optical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal

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