Laser-initiated ablation of materials

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Dowding, C. and Borman, A. (2015) Laser-initiated ablation of materials. In: Laser Surface Engineering. Elsevier, pp. 523-546. ISBN 9781782420743

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Abstract

Laser micromachining is now a common method of surface modification and machining; utilizing a broad spectrum of wavelengths, wave forms, and pulse durations. The most accurate bulk geometric modification is achieved by the use of ablation via the application of short wavelengths to deliver large photons for absorption in minimal skin depth. Many lasers can generate beams in the ultraviolet region. Excimer lasers are one example of a native ultraviolet laser that exhibit many key beneficial attributes over competing laser sources. A number of micromachining techniques have been developed to utilize these specific source attributes. The most interesting of these can deliver the ability to machine 2.5 dimensional features in arrays across the surface of a substrate. Despite the notable virtues of these techniques for micromachining applications, these processes suffer four major limitations: resolution is diffraction limited; the features are limited to 2.5-D; feature walls always have a draft angle; and large quantities of nanoscale debris are ejected during the machining process. A novel technique that applies a closed (optically defined) thick-flowing film of water across the substrate surface during pulsed laser ablation displays attributes that combine to answer two of the weaknesses of the nonliquid immersed pulsed laser ablation techniques: ablation generated debris is mitigated and feature walls can be made with steeper gradients; which, when combined with the reduction of surface waviness and modification to ablation rate reported, can implement an increase in feature resolution. Moreover, this technique allows the user to finely control their process while maintaining constant laser parameters and machine transparent, reflective, or resilient materials via the action of plume shockwave etching.

Item Type: Book Section
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Uncontrolled Keywords: ablation,debris,excimer,imaging,laser,engineering(all),physics and astronomy(all) ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2200
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Engineering (former - to 2024)
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Sustainable Energy
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Materials, Manufacturing & Process Modelling
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 18 Aug 2022 13:30
Last Modified: 07 Nov 2024 12:50
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/87449
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-78242-074-3.00022-2

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