TY - CONF A1 - Legall, Herbert A1 - Bonse, Jörn A1 - Krüger, Jörg T1 - Emission of X-rays during ultrashort pulse laser processing N2 - Ultrashort pulse laser materials processing can be accompanied by the production of X-rays. Small doses per laser pulse can accumulate to significant dose rates at high laser pulse repetition rates which may exceed the permitted X-ray limits for human exposure. Consequently, a proper radiation shielding must be considered in laser machining. A brief overview of the current state of the art in the field of undesired generation of X-ray radiation during ultrashort pulse laser material processing in air is presented. T2 - Lasers in Manufacturing Conference 2021 CY - Online meeting DA - 21.06.2021 KW - Ultra-short pulse laser processing KW - Laser-induced X-ray emission KW - Radiation protection PY - 2021 SP - 1 EP - 5 AN - OPUS4-53866 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Legall, Herbert A1 - Schwanke, Christoph A1 - Bonse, Jörn A1 - Krüger, Jörg T1 - X-ray emission during ultrashort pulse laser processing N2 - The industrial use of ultrashort laser pulses has made considerable progress in recent years. The reasons for this lie in the availability of high average powers at pulse repetition rates in the several 100 kHz range. The advantages of using ultrashort laser pulses in terms of processing precision can thus be fully exploited. However, high laser intensities on the workpiece can also lead to the generation of unwanted X-rays. Even if the emitted X-ray dose per pulse is low, the accumulated X-ray dose can become significant for high-repetition-rate laser systems so that X-ray exposure safety limits must be considered. The X-ray emission during ultrashort pulse laser processing was investigated for a pulse duration of 925 fs at 1030 nm wavelength and 400 kHz repetition rate. Industrially relevant materials such as steel,aluminum and glass were treated. Tungsten served as reference. X-ray spectra were recorded, and X-ray dose measurements were performed for laser treatment in air. For laser intensities > 2 × 10^13 W/cm2, X-ray doses exceeding the regulatory exposure limits for members of the public were found. Suitable X-ray protection strategies are proposed. T2 - SPIE Photonics West CY - San Francisco, USA DA - 02.02.2019 KW - Laser-induced X-ray emission KW - Ultrashort laser material interaction KW - Radiation protection PY - 2019 SN - 978-1-5106-2459-7 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2516165 SN - 0277-786X SN - 1996-756X VL - 10908 SP - 1090802-1 EP - 1090802-7 PB - SPIE - The international society for optics and photonics CY - Bellingham, WA, USA AN - OPUS4-47510 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -