Laser cutting of ultra-thin glasses based on a nonlinear laser interaction effect

Jian Chen; Zhouling Wu

doi:10.1117/12.2020467

9 July 2013 Laser cutting of ultra-thin glasses based on a nonlinear laser interaction effect

Jian Chen, Zhouling Wu

Proceedings Volume 8786, Pacific Rim Laser Damage 2013: Optical Materials for High Power Lasers; 87860E (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2020467
Event: SPIE/SIOM Pacific Rim Laser Damage: Optical Materials for High-Power Lasers, 2013, Shanghai, China

Abstract

Glass panel substrates have been widely used in consumer electronics such as in flat panel TVs, laptops, and cell phones. With the advancement in the industry, the glass substrates are becoming thinner and stronger for reduced weight and volume, which brings great challenges for traditional mechanical processes in terms of cut quality, yield, and throughput. Laser glass cutting provides a non-contact process with minimum impact and superior quality compared to the mechanical counterparts. In this paper, we presented recent progresses in advanced laser processing of ultra-thin glass substrates, especially laser-cutting of ultra-thin glasses by a high power laser through a nonlinear interaction effect. Our results indicate that this technique has great potential of application for mass production of ultra-thin glass substrates.

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Jian Chen and Zhouling Wu "Laser cutting of ultra-thin glasses based on a nonlinear laser interaction effect", Proc. SPIE 8786, Pacific Rim Laser Damage 2013: Optical Materials for High Power Lasers, 87860E (9 July 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2020467

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