DEVICE FOR MACHINING MATERIAL BY MEANS OF LASER RADIATION
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1. A device for machining material by means of laser radiation, comprising a focusing optics for focusing a laser beam onto a workpiece and an adjusting optics for adjusting the intensity distribution including at least one plate-shaped optical element having a circular pattern of sector-shaped facets which, in the circumferential direction, are alternately inclined with respect to the respective plate plane.
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A device for machining material by means of laser radiation, including a focusing optics for focusing a laser beam onto a workpiece and an adjusting optics for adjusting the intensity distribution comprising at least two plate-shaped optical elements which are arranged one behind the other in the beam path of the laser beam, which are rotatable relative to one another in the circumferential direction, and which each have a surface with a circular pattern of sector-shaped facets which, in the circumferential direction, are alternately inclined with respect to the respective plate plane.
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- 1. A device for machining material by means of laser radiation, comprising a focusing optics for focusing a laser beam onto a workpiece and an adjusting optics for adjusting the intensity distribution including at least one plate-shaped optical element having a circular pattern of sector-shaped facets which, in the circumferential direction, are alternately inclined with respect to the respective plate plane.
- 20. A method for machining material by means of laser radiation using a focusing optics for focusing a laser beam onto a workpiece and an adjusting optics for adjusting the intensity distribution, comprising at least two plate-shaped optical elements, each having a circular pattern of sector-shaped facets which, in the circumferential direction, are alternately inclined with respect to the respective plate plane, wherein said at least two plate-shaped optical elements are disposed one behind the other in the beam path of said laser beam and are rotatable in the circumferential direction, wherein, during laser machining, at least one of said plate-shaped optical elements is rotated at a constant or variable speed in order to vary a power density distribution at a desired modulation frequency.
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