• DocumentCode
    1993146
  • Title

    Selective gold film removal from multilayer substrates

  • Author

    Ware, Hayley ; MacMillan, Fraser ; Meladze, Malkhaz ; Rohde, Charles A. ; Simpson, M. Cather

  • Author_Institution
    Photon Factory, Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
  • Firstpage
    1998
  • Lastpage
    2000
  • Abstract
    Pulsed UV laser ablation is used to remove a thin (250nm) gold film from one side of a 130μm thick quartz substrate. This is done without removing the gold film deposited on the bottom of the quartz plate. An excimer laser is used to remove the gold film with single pulse ablation. We further analyze the effects of increasing pulse energies on the bottom film, and show the progression from pinhole formation to simultaneous removal of both gold films as function of pulse overlap.
  • Keywords
    excimer lasers; gold; laser ablation; optical multilayers; quartz; substrates; excimer laser; multilayer substrates; pinhole formation; pulse energy; pulse overlap; pulsed ultraviolet laser ablation; selective gold film removal; single pulse ablation; size 130 mum; wavelength 250 nm; Gold; Laser ablation; Optical attenuators; Optical films; Optical pulses; Substrates;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
  • Conference_Location
    Sydney, NSW
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1939-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194086
  • Filename
    6194086