Femtosecond laser processing system with process parameters controls and feedback
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H01S-003/30
H01S-003/00
G01J-011/00
H01S-003/102
H01S-003/067
H01S-003/109
H01S-003/13
H01S-003/16
출원번호
US-0100912
(2013-12-09)
등록번호
US-9147989
(2015-09-29)
발명자
/ 주소
Shah, Lawrence
Bovatsek, James M.
Arai, Alan Y.
Yamamoto, Tadashi
Patel, Rajesh S.
Harter, Donald J.
출원인 / 주소
IMRA AMERICA, INC.
대리인 / 주소
Sughrue Mion, PLLC
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초록▼
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 utilizatio
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.
대표청구항▼
1. A system, comprising: a source of laser pulses, wherein said laser pulses comprise bursts of composite laser pulses, said composite pulses comprising two or more pulses overlapped in time, or spaced very closely in time, at least one of said two or more pulses comprising an ultrashort pulse, said
1. A system, comprising: a source of laser pulses, wherein said laser pulses comprise bursts of composite laser pulses, said composite pulses comprising two or more pulses overlapped in time, or spaced very closely in time, at least one of said two or more pulses comprising an ultrashort pulse, said source comprising at least one fiber amplifier;a controller to control said source; anda beam manipulator to monitor one or more pulse characteristics of said laser pulses and to generate feedback data for said controller,wherein said pulse characteristics comprise an output power, a pulse energy, a pulse width, a wavelength, a repetition rate, a polarization, a temporal delay, a temporal phase, a spatial phase, or a combination thereof,wherein said controller receives signals representative of said one or more pulse characteristics and generates control signals to vary at least one of said pulse characteristics, said controller being networked to at least one computing means via a physical link and/or wireless link. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of said beam manipulator is disposed downstream from said source of pulses, and arranged to manipulate laser pulses directed downstream from said source and toward a material processing beam path for application to target material. 3. The system of claim 1, wherein said source is capable of generating output pulses at a variable repetition rate. 4. The system of claim 1, wherein said source comprises a fiber-based chirped pulse amplification system having a pulse stretcher and a pulse compressor. 5. The system of claim 4, wherein said fiber-based chirped pulse amplification system comprises a pulse compressor comprising a single broadband grating. 6. The system of claim 1, wherein said fiber-based chirped pulse amplification system comprises an adjustable grating compressor to compress optical pulses, said grating compressor operatively connected to said controller to align said grating compressor. 7. The system of claim 1, wherein said fiber-based chirped pulse amplification system comprises an automatically adjustable grating compressor to compress optical pulses, said automatically adjustable grating compressor operatively connected to said controller to control a pulse duration of said ultrashort pulses. 8. The system of claim 7, wherein said chirped pulse amplification system is configured to provide adjustable stretching and compression ratios for control of a pulse width of ultrashort pulses. 9. The system of claim 7, wherein a minimum pulse duration of said ultrashort pulses is maintained via adjustment of said pulse compressor. 10. The system of claim 7, wherein separation between gratings of said adjustable grating compressor is adjustable to minimize an ultrashort pulse duration with adjustment of a pulse repetition rate. 11. The system of claim 1, wherein said beam manipulator comprises an optical gating device that measures the pulse duration of the laser pulses. 12. The system of claim 1, wherein said beam manipulator comprises beam steering optics that control an impingement location of the laser pulses on the target substrate. 13. The system of claim 1, wherein said beam manipulator comprises a telescopic optical device to control the size, shape, divergence or polarization of the laser pulses input into the beam manipulator. 14. The system of claim 1, wherein said controller comprises: a computing or communicating device. 15. The system of claim 14, wherein said computing or communicating device comprises: a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a handheld computer, or a workstation computer. 16. The system of claim 1, and wherein said source generates a burst of multiple pulses, said source further comprising: a series of chirped gratings disposed prior to said fiber amplifier that reflect laser energy at different wavelengths, and series of chirped gratings disposed after said fiber amplifier to recombine and/or compress pulses of the burst. 17. The system of claim 1, wherein said beam manipulator comprises means for optically converting the fundamental frequency of a percentage of the generated laser pulses to one or more other optical frequencies. 18. A system, comprising: a fiber-based source of ultrashort laser pulses;a controller to control said fiber-based source; anda beam manipulator to monitor one or more pulse characteristics of said laser pulses and to generate feedback data for said controller,wherein said pulse characteristics comprise an output power, a pulse energy, a pulse width, a wavelength, a repetition rate, a polarization, a temporal delay, a temporal phase, a spatial phase, or a combination thereof,wherein said fiber-based source, said controller, and said beam manipulator are arranged in a laser-based material processing system for processing of target material, and provides for active control of processing parameters,wherein at least a portion of said beam manipulator is disposed downstream from said fiber-based source, and said laser processing system is configured such that operation of sub-components therein is individually or cooperatively adjustable. 19. The system of claim 18, wherein said controller is operatively arranged to receive status and diagnostic information from element(s) of the laser processing system. 20. The system of claim 18, wherein said target material comprises a transparent substrate, and said material processing system is configured to fabricate a hole, a channel, or a via in said transparent substrate, to mark said transparent substrate, or weld said transparent substrate. 21. The system of claim 18, wherein said laser processing system comprises a tool monitoring a condition of the target material. 22. The system of claim 21, wherein said tool is configured for spectroscopic analysis of light generated during laser ablation with ultrashort pulses, and wherein a pulse characteristic is modified by said controller based on a result obtained from said spectroscopic analysis. 23. The system of claim 18, wherein said material processing system comprises at least one of an illumination and a microscopic viewing system to examine a target substrate, spectroscopic diagnostics, a range finder and a camera based imaging system. 24. The system of claim 18, wherein said system further comprises a pulse compressor, and said compressor is operatively arranged to compensate for optical dispersion caused by optical component(s) in said laser-based material processing system. 25. The system of claim 18, wherein said laser pulses comprise bursts of composite laser pulses, said composite pulses comprising two or more pulses overlapped in time, or spaced very closely in time, said fiber-based source comprising at least one fiber amplifier. 26. A system, comprising: one or more laser sources capable of generating laser pulses, including a fiber-based source of ultrashort pulses comprising at least one fiber amplifier, said pulses comprising a first pulse having a pulse width in the femtosecond to picosecond range, and a second pulse having a pulse width in the nanosecond range, said first and second pulses being overlapped in time, or spaced very closely in time, wherein said first and second pulses are generated at a repetition rate from 10 kilohertz to 50 megahertz, and with an output pulse energy range from 100 nanojoules to 100 millijoules;a controller to control said one or more laser sources; anda beam manipulator to monitor one or more pulse characteristics of said laser pulses and to generate feedback data for said controller,wherein said pulse characteristics comprise an output power, a pulse energy, a pulse width, a wavelength, a repetition rate, a polarization, a temporal delay, a temporal phase, a spatial phase, or a combination thereof. 27. The system according to claim 26, wherein said controller receives signals representative of said one or more pulse characteristics and generates control signals to vary at least one of said pulse characteristics, said controller being networked to at least one computing means via a physical link and/or wireless link. 28. The system of according to claim 26, wherein said system is configured in a material processing system for surface marking, sub-surface marking and/or surface texturing of a target. 29. The system of claim 26, wherein said system is configured in material processing system for fabricating holes, channels or vias in a target. 30. The system of claim 26, wherein said laser-based material processing system is configured in a material processing system to weld a material transparent at a wavelength of said fiber-based source, and with high repetition rate femtosecond laser pulses generated at a repetition rate in the range from 10 kHz to 50 MHz so as to allow for accumulation of heat from pulse-to-pulse.
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