Fundamentals of femtosecond laser processing

  • Koji Sugioka*
  • , Ya Cheng
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Femtosecond lasers have excellent characteristics for materials processing due to their ultrashort pulse widths and extremely high peak powers. When a femtosecond laser beam with a moderate pulse energy is focused into glass, multiphoton absorption or tunneling ionization is confined to a region near the focal point inside the glass. Femtosecond lasers can thus perform internal modification of glass. Internal modification is widely used to fabricate microfluidic structures and micro-optical components, which can be used to produce biomicrochips for biochemical analysis. This chapter reviews the fundamentals and characteristics of femtosecond laser processing. It also introduces state-of-the-art femtosecond laser processing.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)19-33
Number of pages15
JournalSpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
Issue number9781447155409
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

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