Femtosecond laser processing system with process parameters, controls and feedback
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1. An apparatus for generating optical pulses, wherein each pulse may have individualized characteristics, the apparatus comprising:
- laser means, for generating bursts of composite pulses, and for amplifying said composite pulses in a same fiber amplifier gain medium, wherein said laser means is configured so that each of said pulses are incident on said same fiber laser gain medium and emitted from the same fiber gain medium along a common optical path;
control means that controls the laser means; and
beam manipulation means for monitoring the pulsewidth characteristics of the pulses comprising the composite pulse bursts and generating feedback data for the control means for pulsewidth control, the beam manipulating means comprising;
a telescopic optical device to control the size, shape, divergence or polarization of the laser pulses input into the beam manipulation means, and steering optics that control an impingement location of the laser pulses on the target substrate.
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Abstract
A femtosecond laser based laser processing system having a femtosecond laser, frequency conversion optics, beam manipulation optics, target motion control, processing chamber, diagnostic systems and system control modules. The femtosecond laser based laser processing system allows for the utilization of the unique heat control in micromachining, and the system has greater output beam stability, continuously variable repetition rate and unique temporal beam shaping capabilities.
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1. An apparatus for generating optical pulses, wherein each pulse may have individualized characteristics, the apparatus comprising:
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laser means, for generating bursts of composite pulses, and for amplifying said composite pulses in a same fiber amplifier gain medium, wherein said laser means is configured so that each of said pulses are incident on said same fiber laser gain medium and emitted from the same fiber gain medium along a common optical path; control means that controls the laser means; and beam manipulation means for monitoring the pulsewidth characteristics of the pulses comprising the composite pulse bursts and generating feedback data for the control means for pulsewidth control, the beam manipulating means comprising;
a telescopic optical device to control the size, shape, divergence or polarization of the laser pulses input into the beam manipulation means, and steering optics that control an impingement location of the laser pulses on the target substrate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for generating optical pulses, wherein each pulse may have individualized characteristics, the apparatus comprising:
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laser means, for generating bursts of composite pulses, and for amplifying said composite pulses in a same fiber amplifier gain medium, wherein said laser means is configured so that each of said pulses are incident on said same fiber laser gain medium and emitted from the same fiber gain medium along a common optical path; control means that controls the laser means; and beam manipulation means for monitoring a variable repetition rate of the composite pulse bursts and generating feedback data for the control means for the variable repetition rate, the beam manipulating means comprising;
a telescopic optical device to control the size, shape, divergence or polarization of the laser pulses input into the beam manipulation means, and steering optics that control an impingement location of the laser pulses on the target substrate. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. An apparatus for generating optical pulses, wherein each pulse may have individualized characteristics, the apparatus comprising:
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laser means, for generating bursts of composite pulses, and for amplifying said composite pulses in a same fiber amplifier gain medium, wherein said laser means is configured so that each of said pulses are incident on said same fiber laser gain medium and emitted from the same fiber gain medium along a common optical path; control means that controls the laser means; and beam manipulation means for monitoring the pulsewidth characteristics of the pulses comprising the composite pulse bursts and generating feedback data for the control means for pulsewidth control, the beam manipulation means comprising means for optically converting the fundamental frequency of a percentage of the generated laser pulses to one or more other optical frequencies, the means for converting an optical frequency comprising at least one optical member that converts a portion of the fundamental of the laser pulses into at least one higher order harmonic signal, the at least one optical member device comprising at least one non-linear crystal device with a controller that controls the orientation of the at least one non-linear crystal with respect to the input laser pulses. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. An apparatus for generating optical pulses, wherein each pulse may have individualized characteristics, the apparatus comprising:
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laser means, for generating bursts of composite pulses, and for amplifying said composite pulses in a same fiber amplifier gain medium, wherein said laser means is configured so that each of said pulses are incident on said same fiber laser gain medium and emitted from the same fiber gain medium along a common optical path; control means that controls the laser means; and beam manipulation means for monitoring the pulsewidth characteristics of the pulses comprising the composite pulse bursts and generating feedback data for the control means for pulsewidth control, the beam manipulation means comprising means for optically converting the fundamental frequency of a percentage of the generated laser pulses to one or more other optical frequencies, the means for converting an optical frequency further comprising a spectrometer that measures predetermined parameters of pulses output from the non-linear crystal device and generates feedback for the control means. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. An apparatus for generating optical pulses, wherein each pulse may have individualized characteristics, the apparatus comprising:
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laser means, for generating bursts of composite pulses, and for amplifying said composite pulses in a same fiber amplifier gain medium, wherein said laser means is configured so that each of said pulses are incident on said same fiber laser gain medium and emitted from the same fiber gain medium along a common optical path; control means that controls the laser means; and beam manipulation means for monitoring a variable repetition rate of the composite pulse bursts and generating feedback data for the control means for the variable repetition rate, the beam manipulation means comprising means for optically converting the fundamental frequency of a percentage of the generated laser pulses to one or more other optical frequencies, the means for converting an optical frequency comprising at least one optical member that converts a portion of the fundamental of the laser pulses into at least one higher order harmonic signal, the at least one optical member device comprising at least one non-linear crystal device with a controller that controls the orientation of the at least one non-linear crystal with respect to the input laser pulses. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. An apparatus for generating optical pulses, wherein each pulse may have individualized characteristics, the apparatus comprising:
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laser means, for generating bursts of composite pulses, and for amplifying said composite pulses in a same fiber amplifier gain medium, wherein said laser means is configured so that each of said pulses are incident on said same fiber laser gain medium and emitted from the same fiber gain medium along a common optical path; control means that controls the laser means; and beam manipulation means for monitoring a variable repetition rate of the composite pulse bursts and generating feedback data for the control means for the variable repetition rate, the beam manipulation means comprising means for optically converting the fundamental frequency of a percentage of the generated laser pulses to one or more other optical frequencies, the means for converting an optical frequency further comprising a spectrometer that measures predetermined parameters of pulses output from the non-linear crystal device and generates feedback for the control means. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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