Programmable focal spot shaping of amplified femtosecond laser pulses and their application to micromachining

Nicolas Huot; Nicolas Sanner; Eric Audouard

doi:10.1117/12.689032

29 September 2006 Programmable focal spot shaping of amplified femtosecond laser pulses and their application to micromachining

Nicolas Huot, Nicolas Sanner, Eric Audouard

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Proceedings Volume 6400, Femtosecond Phenomena and Nonlinear Optics III; 64000K (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.689032
Event: Optics/Photonics in Security and Defence, 2006, Stockholm, Sweden

Abstract

We present programmable focal spot shaping of amplified femtosecond laser pulses by use of an optically addressed non-pixellated liquid crystal light valve. This extra-cavity phase filtering method is set-up in the frame of femtosecond micromachining processes. Various focal spot shapes are demonstrated together with drilling and marking results in metals and dielectrics. Photowriting of waveguides in bulk fused silica is also presented.

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Nicolas Huot, Nicolas Sanner, and Eric Audouard "Programmable focal spot shaping of amplified femtosecond laser pulses and their application to micromachining", Proc. SPIE 6400, Femtosecond Phenomena and Nonlinear Optics III, 64000K (29 September 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.689032

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