Open AccessMulti‐100‐Watt Femtosecond Laser Perspectives
Author(s) -
Hönninger Clemens,
Audouard Eric
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
laser technik journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1863-9119
pISSN - 1613-7728
DOI - 10.1002/latj.201800008
Subject(s) - femtosecond , watt , laser , materials processing , throughput , computer science , surface micromachining , femtosecond pulse , power (physics) , pulse (music) , laser beams , materials science , optics , optoelectronics , telecommunications , process engineering , physics , engineering , fabrication , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , quantum mechanics , detector , wireless
Femtosecond lasers are today delivering output powers of several hundred watts. The challenge is to translate the available power into high throughput micromachining by combining the laser with fast scanning systems or multiple beam generation. Free triggering of the laser output pulses with good precision (also known as “pulse on demand”) is particularly useful for exploiting advanced functionalities of processing tools.