Stabilized high-speed CO/sub 2/ laser pulse generation and glass surface texturing

Author

Yong Fang Zhang ; Clarke, D. ; Wrobel, P. ; Novack, M. ; Dunham, G. ; Carson, M. ; Chuan He ; Parker, D.

Author_Institution

Synrad Inc., Mukilteo, WA, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

3-8 May 1998

Firstpage

316

Abstract

Summary form only given. The technology of surface texturing on glass and ceramic disks demands a very high degree of power stability from CO/sub 2/ lasers. It is our understanding that the stability of the energy density absorbed by the surface (EDAS), not just the power, is the key in achieving uniform bump heights. There are two other parameters of the laser beam besides power that can influence EDAS. They are laser wavelength and transverse laser mode, or spatial distribution.

Keywords

carbon compounds; gas lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser frequency stability; laser materials processing; surface texture; CO/sub 2/; ceramic disks; energy density; glass surface texturing; laser power stability; laser wavelength; spatial distribution; stabilized high-speed CO/sub 2/ laser pulse generation; transverse mode; uniform bump heights; Glass; Laser beams; Laser modes; Laser stability; Optical surface waves; Power lasers; Pulse generation; Surface emitting lasers; Surface texture; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-339-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1998.676218

Filename

676218