Femtosecond laser processing system with process parameters, controls and feedback
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1. A method of laser-based device fabrication, comprising:
- irradiating a target material with ultrashort laser pulses;
monitoring a pulse characteristic of the ultrashort pulses, and a condition of the target material, to obtain process information, wherein said pulse characteristic comprises at least one of an average output power, a pulse width, wavelength, repetition rate, polarization, temporal delay, temporal phase and spatial phase;
modifying the pulse characteristic based on the process information, wherein the monitoring and modifying are carried out using ultrashort laser pulses directed downstream toward a material processing beam path for application to target material; and
irradiating the target material with at least one ultrashort laser pulse having a modified pulse characteristic based on said process information, so as to modify said target material, wherein said method of device fabrication comprises active control of a laser-material interaction during fabrication of said device.
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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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30 Claims
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1. A method of laser-based device fabrication, comprising:
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irradiating a target material with ultrashort laser pulses; monitoring a pulse characteristic of the ultrashort pulses, and a condition of the target material, to obtain process information, wherein said pulse characteristic comprises at least one of an average output power, a pulse width, wavelength, repetition rate, polarization, temporal delay, temporal phase and spatial phase; modifying the pulse characteristic based on the process information, wherein the monitoring and modifying are carried out using ultrashort laser pulses directed downstream toward a material processing beam path for application to target material; and irradiating the target material with at least one ultrashort laser pulse having a modified pulse characteristic based on said process information, so as to modify said target material, wherein said method of device fabrication comprises active control of a laser-material interaction during fabrication of said device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of laser-based device fabrication, comprising:
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irradiating a target material with ultrashort laser pulses; monitoring a pulse characteristic of the ultrashort pulses, and a condition of the target material, to obtain process information; modifying the pulse characteristic based on the process information; and irradiating the target material with at least one ultrashort laser pulse having a modified pulse characteristic based on said process information, so as to modify said target material, wherein said method of device fabrication comprises active control of a laser-material interaction during fabrication of said device, wherein said method comprises writing a line on or within the target material at a repetition rate greater than about 10 kHz, said line having a linewidth substantially smaller than a spot diameter of a focused ultrashort pulse. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A method of laser-based device fabrication, comprising:
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irradiating a target material with ultrashort laser pulses, wherein at least a portion of said ultrashort pulses comprise two or more pulses overlapped in time, and the time between the pulses is varied, at least one pulse having a pulse width in the range from about 10 femtoseconds to 1 picosecond; monitoring a pulse characteristic of the ultrashort pulses, and a condition of the target material, to obtain process information; modifying the pulse characteristic based on the process information; and irradiating the target material with at least one ultrashort laser pulse having a modified pulse characteristic based on said process information, so as to modify said target material, wherein said method of device fabrication comprises active control of a laser-material interaction during fabrication of said device.
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21. A system for laser-based device fabrication, comprising:
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a fiber-based source of ultrashort pulses capable of generating output pulses at a varying repetition rate in the range from 10 kHz to 50 MHz, the output pulses being directed downstream toward a material processing beam path for application to target material; means for irradiating a target material with ultrashort laser pulses; means for monitoring a pulse characteristic of the ultrashort pulses, and a condition of the target material, to obtain process information, wherein said pulse characteristic comprises at least one of an average output power, a pulse width, a wavelength, a repetition rate, a polarization, a temporal delay, a temporal phase and a spatial phase; and means for modifying the pulse characteristic based on the process information, wherein said means for irradiating, monitoring, and modifying, in combination, provides active control of a laser-material interaction during device fabrication, wherein said system is configured such that an operation of each of said means is individually or cooperatively adjustable based on at least one of a device characteristic and said process information. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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