Title :
Laser drilling using a high repetition rate and high average power femtosecond fiber CPA system
Author :
Ancona, A. ; Rademaker, K. ; Roser, F. ; Limpert, J. ; Nolte, S. ; Tunnermann, A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Angewandte Phys., Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Jena
Abstract :
We report on laser drilling experiments on copper and stainless steel samples using a novel ultrafast fiber CPA laser amplifier. Effects of particle shielding and heat accumulation at high average powers are discussed.
Keywords :
copper; drilling; laser beam machining; optical fibre amplifiers; stainless steel; copper; femtosecond fiber CPA system; heat accumulation; high average power; high repetition rate; laser drilling; particle shielding; stainless steel; ultrafast fiber CPA laser amplifier; Drilling; Fiber lasers; High power amplifiers; Laser ablation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics; 140.3390 Laser materials processing; 320.7090 Ultrafast lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
