In situ imaging of hole shape evolution in ultra short pulse laser drilling

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 20395-20400

  Döring, Sven ^a   Richter, Sören ^a   Nolte, Stefan ^a,b   Tünnermann, Andreas ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CAMERAS; CCD CAMERAS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

COMPLEX SAMPLES; DRILLING PROCESS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-SITU; POST PROCESSING; SHAPE EVOLUTION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; ULTRA-SHORT PULSE LASER;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ILLUMINATION; LASER; MATERIALS; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; LIGHTING; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOMETRY;

EID: 77957082157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.020395     Document Type: Article

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