Controlled USP laser ablation strategies for shaping optics

Christian Schindler; Jan Giesecke; Jens Bliedtner; Hartmut Mueller; Sebastian Waechter; Volkmar Giggel

doi:10.1117/12.970551

8 May 2012 Controlled USP laser ablation strategies for shaping optics

Christian Schindler, Jan Giesecke, Jens Bliedtner, Hartmut Mueller, Sebastian Waechter, Volkmar Giggel

Proceedings Volume 8428, Micro-Optics 2012; 84281Z (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.970551
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2012, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

Non-linear absorption and athermal ablation effects are two of the most attractive benefits of ultrashort pulsed (USP) laser radiation for optics manufacturing. The conventional generation of complex shapes still is a challenging problem for engineers and constrains the outcome of new products and applications in combination with aspheric and freeform optical shapes. To create a process chain for these shapes based on USP is the definition of task. We accomplished experiments with a 18W lasersystem (<15ps) and analysed ablation strategies beginning from selective to three dimensional removal on different optical materials. Therefore dependent variables like roughness (RMS), irregularities (IRR) in terms of shape accuracy and sub-surface damages (SSD) give suggestions for parametrical improvements. The aim is to substitute grinding procedures by creating path-time-controlled removal functions to achieve polishable surface quality.

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Christian Schindler, Jan Giesecke, Jens Bliedtner, Hartmut Mueller, Sebastian Waechter, and Volkmar Giggel "Controlled USP laser ablation strategies for shaping optics", Proc. SPIE 8428, Micro-Optics 2012, 84281Z (8 May 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.970551

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