Asymmetrical Bessel-Gaussian beams for fast glass cutting (Conference Presentation)

Gediminas Račiukaitis; Juozas Dudutis; Paulius Gečys

doi:10.1117/12.2294405

14 March 2018 Asymmetrical Bessel-Gaussian beams for fast glass cutting (Conference Presentation)

Gediminas Račiukaitis, Juozas Dudutis, Paulius Gečys

Proceedings Volume 10519, Laser Applications in Microelectronic and Optoelectronic Manufacturing (LAMOM) XXIII; 105190W (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2294405
Event: SPIE LASE, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The generation of intra-volume modifications and mechanical separation is a highly efficient two-step glass cutting approach. The high aspect ratio modifications, required for thick glass cutting, can be obtained by utilizing Bessel-like beams, which have a long non-diffractive length with a small quasi-propagation-invariant central core. Usually, laser-induced modification channels have to be tightly spaced to achieve a predictable glass separation. However, we demonstrated that cutting speed and glass cleavability may be significantly enhanced by introducing aberrations to the generated beam. Glass cutting experiments were carried out using the fundamental frequency of the DPSS laser Atlantic HE (from Ekspla), which delivered 300 ps pulses of 2 mJ energy at 1 kHz repetition rate. The incident Gaussian beam was reshaped to the Bessel-Gaussian beam using a conical lens and a 4F optical demagnifying system. A 4-point bending setup was used to separate glass sheets and to evaluate the processing regimes. We have found that the used conical lens deviated from an ideal cone shape and had two often occurring manufacturing defects - the oblate-tip and elliptical cross-section. As a result, the generated beam had the on-axis intensity modulations and asymmetrical intensity distribution in the XY plane, which induced transverse cracks in the bulk of glass, which were extended along the major axis of an ellipse-shaped central core of the beam. Laser-induced transverse cracks in combination with high aspect ratio modifications were applied for fast cutting of the 1 mm-thick glass. Results were compared to glass cutting using the symmetrical Bessel-Gaussian beam.

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Gediminas Račiukaitis, Juozas Dudutis, and Paulius Gečys "Asymmetrical Bessel-Gaussian beams for fast glass cutting (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10519, Laser Applications in Microelectronic and Optoelectronic Manufacturing (LAMOM) XXIII, 105190W (14 March 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2294405

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Glasses

Laser cutting

Axicons

Picosecond phenomena

Bessel beams

Diode pumped solid state lasers

Gaussian beams

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