JOURNAL ARTICLE

Excimer laser beam shaping and material processing using diffractive optics

Stewart WilliamsPaul J. MarsdenNick C. RobertsJ. SidhuM. Venables

Year: 1997 Journal:   Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Vol: 3092 Pages: 431-431   Publisher: SPIE

Abstract

Diffractive optical systems have been developed to allow high efficiency material processing using excimer lasers. These systems allow beam homogenizing and shaping for surface treatment and parallel focusing for multiple hole drilling. Beam utilization factors of 80% have been achieved.

Keywords:
Optics Laser beams Excimer Beam (structure) Materials science Excimer laser Laser beam machining Materials processing Laser Diffraction efficiency Laser drilling Optoelectronics Diffraction Physics Engineering

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Topics

Laser Material Processing Techniques
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Computational Mechanics
Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Biomedical Engineering
Laser Design and Applications
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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