Ultrashort pulse laser drilling of metals using a high repetition rate, high average power fiber CPA system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7203, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ancona, A ^a,b   Jauregui, C ^a   Doring S ^a   Roser F ^a   Limpert, J ^a   Nolte, S ^a   Tunnermann A ^a,c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chirped pulse amplification; Fiber laser amplifiers; Laser drilling; Ultrafast lasers

Indexed keywords

ABLATION EFFICIENCY; CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION; DRILLING EFFICIENCY; DRILLING PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIBER LASER AMPLIFIERS; HEAT ACCUMULATION; HIGH AVERAGE POWER; HIGH REPETITION RATE; HOLE QUALITY; LASER DRILLING; METAL TARGET; PROCESSING SPEED; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE ENERGIES; PULSE LENGTH; REPETITION RATE; ULTRA-SHORT PULSE LASER; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT LASER PULSE; YTTERBIUM DOPED FIBERS;

AMPLIFICATION; DRILLING; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBERS; LASER BEAMS; LASERS; METAL MELTING; MOLTEN MATERIALS; PULSE AMPLIFIERS; PULSE GENERATORS; SHIELDING; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; ULTRASHORT PULSES; YTTERBIUM;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 65649099763     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.813488     Document Type: Conference Paper

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