Title

Femtosecond laser deep hole drilling of silicate glasses in air

Authors

Authors

L. Shah; J. Tawney; M. Richardson;K. Richardson

Abbreviated Journal Title

Appl. Surf. Sci.

Keywords

femtosecond laser ablation; silicate glasses; self-focusing; ULTRASHORT-PULSE LASER; FLIGHT MASS-SPECTROSCOPY; SUBPICOSECOND PULSES; INDUCED BREAKDOWN; PHASE-EXPLOSION; ABLATION; NANOSECOND; TRANSITIONS; DIELECTRICS; GENERATION; Chemistry, Physical; Materials Science, Coatings & Films; Physics, ; Applied; Physics, Condensed Matter

Abstract

Femtosecond laser pulses are ideal for many precise and delicate laser processing applications. In this work, we demonstrate that femtosecond laser pulses can be used to produce microscopic holes (< 100)mum diameter) with macroscopic depth ( > 1 mm) in silicate glasses at atmospheric pressures. These experiments indicate that self-focusing is an important factor affecting hole depth at high laser intensity. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Applied Surface Science

Volume

183

Issue/Number

3-4

Publication Date

1-1-2001

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

151

Last Page

164

WOS Identifier

WOS:000172506500001

ISSN

0169-4332

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