Diffractive multi-beam ultra-fast laser micro-processing using a spatial light modulator

Zhongguo Jiguang/Chinese Journal of Lasers

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3093-3115

  Kuang, Zheng ^a   Liu, Dun ^a   Perrie, Walter ^a   Cheng, Jian ^a   Shang, Shuo ^a   Edwardson, S P ^a   Fearon, E ^a   Dearden, G ^a   Watkins, K G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer generated holograms (CGH); Femto second laser; Spatial light modulator (SLM)

Indexed keywords

BEAMLETS; COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAMS; DEFOCUS; FEMTO-SECOND LASER; FOURIER PLANES; FRESNEL ZONES; HIGH PRECISION; HIGH THROUGHPUT; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; MICRO PROCESSING; MULTI-BEAM; PARALLEL PROCESSING; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATION; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS; SPEED DYNAMICS; SURFACE ABLATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); TRANSPARENT MATERIAL; ULTRAFAST LASER; ZERO ORDER;

ABLATION; COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAPHY; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); HOLOGRAMS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 74349088175     PISSN: 02587025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3788/CJL20093612.3093     Document Type: Article

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