The idea is so simple that it’s probably been though of before, but… The LUS system usually consists of one detection laser, and one generation laser. The additive manufacturing printer usually consist of a master oscillator power amplifier laser (MOPA). If the master oscillator is chosen to be a single longitudinal mode laser (SLM) then the printer laser could serve as the detection laser. Thus, reducing the complexity of combining the two systems into one.

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