Open AccessFabricating the Flexible Future
Author(s) -
Delmdahl Ralph
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
optik & photonik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2191-1975
pISSN - 1863-1460
DOI - 10.1002/opph.201600039
Subject(s) - wafer , yield (engineering) , materials science , optoelectronics , productivity , laser , excimer laser , thin film , nanotechnology , computer science , engineering physics , optics , composite material , engineering , physics , economics , macroeconomics
By leveraging the unparalleled pulsed UV‐power of excimer lasers, gossamer‐thin functional foils attached to rigid wafer‐ or panel‐type carriers can be detached with high yield and fast increasing productivity rate, and lowering the costs of manufacturing a new generation of thin and flexible components and devices.