Forster, Carola

Carola Forster, M. Sc. Institute of Photonic Technologies (LPT, Prof. Schmidt) Room: 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 Joining Technology group

 

Publications:

Expand All 2025 Forster C., Döring M., Spurk C., Hummel M., Olowinsky A., Beckmann F., Moosmann J., Schmidt M.: Investigation of solidification crack formation in laser beam welding of stainless steel with high-speed X-ray imaging High-Power Laser Materials Processing: Applications, Diagnostics, and Systems XIV 2025 (San Francisco, CA, USA, January 29, 2025 - January 31, 2025) In: Stefan Kaierle, Klaus R. Kleine (ed.): Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 2025 DOI: 10.1117/12.3041269 BibTeX: Download 2024 Burger S., Forster C., Spurk C., Hummel M., Olowinsky A., Beckmann F., Moosmann J., Schmidt M.: Process zone morphology and melt dynamics in laser remote fusion cutting (RFC) revealed by high-speed X-ray imaging In: Optics and Lasers in Engineering (2024), Article No.: 108756 ISSN: 0143-8166 DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2024.108756 BibTeX: Download 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 BibTeX: Download 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 BibTeX: Download 2023 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 BibTeX: Download 2022 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 BibTeX: Download 2021 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 BibTeX: Download