Ultra super pulse CO/sub 2/ planar waveguide laser for direct micro-machining

Author

Villarreal, F. ; Markillie, G.A.J. ; Murray, Padmini Ray ; Ramirez, R.J. ; Baker, H.J. ; Hall, D.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK

fYear

2000

fDate

10-15 Sept. 2000

Abstract

Summary form only given. Planar waveguide CO/sub 2/ lasers have become the preferred technology for many material processing applications because of their practical advantages in terms of high average power levels, pulsed operation at high repetition rates, excellent beam quality, ultracompact, scaled device construction and ease of computer control. We describe the performance of a planar waveguide laser, which is designed to produce short duration, high energy pulses at high repetition rates.

Keywords

carbon compounds; gas lasers; laser beam machining; micromachining; optical planar waveguides; waveguide lasers; CO/sub 2/; computer control; direct micro-machining; excellent beam quality; high average power levels; high energy pulses; high repetition rates; material processing applications; planar waveguide laser; pulsed operation; scaled device construction; short duration; ultra super pulse CO/sub 2/ planar waveguide laser; ultracompact; Application software; Laser beams; Materials processing; Optical control; Optical design; Optical pulses; Planar waveguides; Power lasers; Structural beams; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6319-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2000.910062

Filename

910062