Pulse-on-demand laser operation from nanosecond to femtosecond pulses and its application for high-speed processing
Author:
Petelin Jaka1, Černe Luka1, Mur Jaka1, Agrež Vid1, Kočica Jernej Jan1, Schille Joerg2, Loeschner Udo2, Petkovšek Rok1
Affiliation:
1. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering , University of Ljubljana , Aškerčeva 6 , SI-1000 , Ljubljana , Slovenia 2. University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, Laserinstitut Hochschule Mittweida , Schillerstraße 10 , D-09648 Mittweida , Germany
Abstract
Abstract
In this manuscript we present a true pulse-on-demand laser design concept using two different approaches. First, we present a fiber master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) based quasi-continuous wave (CW) laser, working at high modulation bandwidths, for generation of nanosecond pulses. Second, we present a hybrid chirped pulse amplification (CPA)-based laser, combining a chirped-pulse fiber amplifier and an additional solid-state amplifier, for generation of femtosecond pulses. The pulse-on-demand operation is achieved without an external optical modulator/shutter at high-average powers and flexible repetition rates up to 40 MHz, using two variants of the approach for near-constant gain in the amplifier chain. The idler and marker seed sources are combined in the amplifier stages and separated at the out using either wavelength-based separation or second harmonic generation (SHG)-generation-based separation. The nanosecond laser source is further applied to high throughput processing of thin film materials. The laser is combined with a resonant scanner, using the intrinsic pulse-on-demand operation to compensate the scanner’s sinusoidal movement. We applied the setup to processing of indium tin oxide (ITO) and metallic films on flexible substrates.
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subject
Instrumentation,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
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