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Ultrashort-Pulse Lasers Take the Heat Out of Materials Processing

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Andrew May, Rofin-Baasel UK Ltd.

Ultrashort-pulse (USP) lasers have, since the late 1990s, been an exciting technology looking for opportunities to gain mass market application in industrial materials processing. In recent years, a wide range of new products offering innovative architectures and higher pulse energy combined with high pulsing frequencies are finding many uses in regular manufacturing, where they make components with unprecedented quality, accuracy and speed without visible signs of thermal interaction during the cutting or drilling process. Owing to the high speed (short duration) of the pulses, the laser...Read full article

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    Published: July 2014
    Glossary
    etching
    The engraving of a surface by acid, acid fumes or a tool; a process extensively used in the manufacture of reticles.
    frequency
    With reference to electromagnetic radiation, the number of crests of waves that pass a fixed point in a given unit of time, in light or other wave motion. Expressed in hertz or cycles per second.
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