Forster, Carola - Institute of Photonic Technologies

Carola Forster, M. Sc.

Institute of Photonic Technologies (LPT, Prof. Schmidt)

Room 02.036
Konrad-Zuse-Straße 3/5
91052 Erlangen

Phone number: +49 9131 85-23239
Fax number: +49 9131 85-23234
Email: carola.forster@lpt.uni-erlangen.de

Research focuses:

Hot crack formation during welding

Positions and tasks:

Scientific assistant in the Simulation and Modeling group

Publications:

Forster C., Döring M., Spurk C., Hummel M., Olowinsky A., Beckmann F., Moosmann J., Schmidt M.:
In-situ observation of end crater crack mechanisms in AA7075 during laser beam welding using synchrotron radiation
13th CIRP Conference on Photonic Technologies, LANE 2024 (Furth, DEU, September 15, 2024 - September 19, 2024)
In: Michael Schmidt, C.B. Arnold, K. Wudy (ed.): Procedia CIRP 2024
DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2024.08.154
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Schwarzkopf K., Burger S., Chechik L., Forster C., Döring M., Spurk C., Hummel M., Olowinsky A., Beckmann F., Moosmann J., Schmidt M.:
Revealing the influence of ring-shaped beam profiles in high-speed laser beam microwelding by synchrotron x-ray imaging
In: Journal of Laser Applications 36 (2024), Article No.: 042027
ISSN: 1042-346X
DOI: 10.2351/7.0001582
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Kaufmann F., Forster C., Hummel M., Olowinsky A., Beckmann F., Moosmann J., Roth S., Schmidt M.:
Characterization of Vapor Capillary Geometry in Laser Beam Welding of Copper with 515 nm and 1030 nm Laser Beam Sources by Means of In Situ Synchrotron X-ray Imaging
In: Metals 13 (2023), p. 135
ISSN: 2075-4701
DOI: 10.3390/met13010135
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Pfaff Y., Forster C., Barbiero G., Rampp M., Klingebiel S., Brons J., Teisset CY., Wang H., Jung R., Jaksic J., Woldegeorgis AH., Saraceno CJ., Metzger T.:
Nonlinear pulse compression of a thin-disk amplifier and contrast enhancement via nonlinear ellipse rotation
In: Optics Express 30 (2022), p. 10981-10990
ISSN: 1094-4087
DOI: 10.1364/OE.455393
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Dilger P., Forster C., Klein E., Burger S., Eschner E., Schmidt M.:
Determination of the beam position in laser deep penetration welding using coaxially acquired images of the keyhole front and machine learning
Conference on Lasers in Manufacturing (LiM) (Online, June 21, 2021 - June 24, 2021)
In: Proceedings of the Lasers in Manufacturing (LiM) 2021 2021
URL: https://www.wlt.de/sites/default/files/2021-10/fundamentals_and_process_simulation/Contribution_265_final.pdf
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