TY - JOUR A1 - Pentzien, Simone A1 - Conradi, Andrea A1 - Koter, Robert A1 - Krüger, Jörg T1 - Cleaning of artificially soiled paper using nanosecond, picosecond and femtosecond laser pulses JF - Applied physics A N2 - Cleaning of cultural assets, especially fragile organic materials like paper, is a part of the conservation process. Laser radiation as a non-contact tool offers prospects for that purpose. For the studies presented here, paper model samples were prepared using three different paper types (pure cellulose, rag paper, and wood-pulp paper). Pure cellulose serves as reference material. Rag and woodpulp paper represent essential characteristics of the basic materials of real-world artworks. The papers were mechanically soiled employing pulverized charcoal. Pure and artificially soiled paper samples were treated with laser pulses of 28 fs (800 nm wavelength) and 8–12 ns (532 nm) duration in a multi pulse approach. Additionally, the cellulose reference material was processed with 30 ps (532 nm) laser pulses. Damage and cleaning thresholds of pure and soiled paper were determined for the different laser regimes. Laser working ranges allowing for removal of contamination and avoiding permanent modification to the substrate were found. The specimens prior and after laser illumination were characterized by light-optical microscopy (OM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) as well as multi spectral imaging analysis. The work extends previous nanosecond laser cleaning investigations on paper into the ultra-short pulse duration domain. KW - Laser cleaning KW - Ablation KW - Laser impact on surfaces KW - Paper KW - Femtosecond laser PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-010-5809-7 SN - 0947-8396 VL - 101 IS - 2 SP - 441 EP - 446 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-22155 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pentzien, Simone A1 - Conradi, Andrea A1 - Koter, Robert A1 - Krüger, Jörg ED - Engel, P. ED - Schirò, J. ED - Larsen, R. ED - Moussakova, E. ED - Kecskeméti, I. T1 - Cleaning of soiled paper model samples using short and ultrashort laser pulses T2 - Conference 'New Approaches to Book and Paper Conservation - Restoration' (Proceedings) N2 - Paper is one of the most important materials representing and witnessing human culture particularly as a carrier medium for text and image. As soiling hampers the reception of information, paper cleaning techniques are needed. Traditional mechanical and chemical cleaning methods are used by conservator-restorers. In some cases, a classical cleaning procedure of paper objects yields unsatisfactory results or a conventional treatment is even impossible. Especially, fragile paper objects cause problems due to mechanical instabilities. Laser cleaning as a non-contact method might be a way to overcome some of the limitations of classical cleaning techniques. Laser parameters have to be chosen to achieve removal of the soiling without influencing the artwork. Any immediate as well as long-term effects causing an irreversible change of the artwork have to be avoided. At present, most laser applications are found in stone and metal conservation, while laser treatment of complex organic materials like paper is still not fully developed for application in conservators' workshops. This contribution describes recent work of pulsed laser cleaning of soiled model samples. Pure cellulose, rag paper and wood-pulp paper were mechanically soiled with pulverized charcoal in a standardized procedure to make model samples representing essential characteristics of contaminated real-world artworks. Afterwards, model samples were cleaned using short and ultrashort laser pulses in the nanosecond and femtosecond time domain, respectively. An extensive analysis of the model samples after laser treatment using an optical microscope and a multi-spectral imaging system allows a comparison of the cleaning results obtained with both laser sources. T2 - Conference 'New Approaches to Book and Paper Conservation - Restoration' CY - Horn, Austria DA - 09.05.2011 KW - Laser cleaning KW - Ablation KW - Laser impact on surfaces KW - Paper KW - Femtosecond laser KW - Nanosecond laser PY - 2011 SN - 978-3-85028-518-6 SP - 519 EP - 532 PB - Verlag Berger, Horn CY - Vienna, Austria AN - OPUS4-23705 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Lenzner, Matthias A1 - Martin, Sven A1 - Lenner, M. A1 - Spielmann, C. A1 - Fiedler, A. A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang ED - Phipps, C. R. T1 - Femtosecond laser induced damage in absorbing filters used for laser protection T2 - High-power laser ablation IV N2 - Damage experiments of absorbing filters (Schott BG18 and BG36) were performed with Ti:sapphire laser pulses with durations from 30 fs to 340 fs (800 nm, 1 kHz) in air. The direct focusing technique was employed under single- and multi-pulse irradiation conditions. Ablation threshold fluences were determined from a semi-logarithmic plot of the ablation crater diameter vs. laser fluence. The damage threshold fluence decreases for shorter pulse durations. In the investigated pulse duration range, the measured multi-pulse ablation threshold fluences are practically similar to those of undoped glass material (~1 Jcm-2). That means that the multi-pulse ablation threshold is independent on the doping level of the filters. For more than 100 pulses per spot and all pulse durations applied, the threshold fluence saturates. This leads to technically relevant damage threshold values in the femtosecond laser pulse duration domain. T2 - 4th SPIE's International Conference on High-Power Laser Ablation CY - Taos, NM, USA DA - 2002-04-22 KW - Ablation KW - Damage KW - Eye protection KW - Femtosecond pulse laser KW - Incubation KW - Laser safety KW - Threshold fluence PY - 2002 SN - 0-8194-4524-X DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.482109 SN - 1605-7422 N1 - Serientitel: SPIE proceedings series – Series title: SPIE proceedings series VL - 1 IS - 4760 SP - 398 EP - 405 PB - SPIE CY - Bellingham, Wash. AN - OPUS4-1550 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Bonse, Jörn A1 - Baudach, Steffen A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang ED - Phipps, C. T1 - Femtosecond laser micromachining of technical materials T2 - High-power laser ablation III N2 - Micromachining experiments were performed with Ti:sapphire laser pulses (130 fs - 150 fs, 800 nm, approximately 10 Hz) in air. Employing the direct focusing technique, highly absorbing titanium nitride (TiN) and weakly absorbing polyimide (PI) and polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) served as target materials. The lateral and vertical precision of the laser ablation and morphological features were characterized by scanning force (SFM), scanning electron (SEM) and optical microscopy. For TiN, incubation can be observed, i.e. the single-pulse surface damage threshold (0.26 J/cm2) is by a factor of two greater than the threshold for 100 pulses. Ablation rates below 10 nm per pulse can be achieved. The evolution of sub-wavelength ripples is presented in dependence on pulse number and laser fluence, respectively. The incubation behavior of the polymers can be described by an accumulation model as for TiN. Experiments on PI with varying focal lengths result in the same modification thresholds. Different polarization states of light (linear, circular) lead to a variation of the ablation rate and to various morphological patterns in the ablation craters (wavelength ripples, cones). Swelling of PMMA occurred at fluences below the ablation threshold. T2 - 3rd SPIE's International Conference on High-Power Laser Ablation CY - Santa Fe, NM, USA DA - 24.04.2000 KW - Ablation KW - Femtosecond pulse laser KW - Laser processing KW - Micromachining KW - Polymer KW - Titanium nitride KW - Ripples PY - 2000 SN - 0-8194-3700-X DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.407346 SN - 1605-7422 N1 - Serientitel: SPIE proceedings series – Series title: SPIE proceedings series IS - 4065 SP - 161 EP - 172 PB - SPIE CY - Bellingham, Wash. AN - OPUS4-967 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang ED - Dubowski, J. T1 - Femtosecond-pulse laser processing of metallic and semiconducting thin films T2 - Laser-induced thin film processing KW - Femtosekundenpulslaser KW - Pulslaser KW - Dünnschicht, metallisch KW - Dünnschicht, halbleitend KW - Ablation PY - 1995 SN - 0-8194-1750-5 SN - 1605-7422 N1 - Serientitel: SPIE proceedings series – Series title: SPIE proceedings series IS - 2403 SP - 436 EP - 447 PB - SPIE CY - Bellingham, Wash. AN - OPUS4-637 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hertwig, Andreas A1 - Martin, Sven A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang T1 - Interaction area dependence of the ablation threshold of ion-doped glass JF - Thin solid films N2 - The laser ablation behaviour of ion-doped glass filter materials under irradiation with femtosecond laser pulses was investigated with respect to spot size and repetition rate. The damage threshold fluence of Schott BG18 depends on the size of the irradiated area. The effect is discussed in terms of a defect-site model. KW - Femtosecond KW - Laser KW - Materials processing KW - Ablation KW - Threshold KW - Glass PY - 2004 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2003.11.131 SN - 0040-6090 VL - 453-454 SP - 527 EP - 530 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-11046 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang A1 - Lenzner, M. A1 - Krausz, F. T1 - Photoablation with sub-10 fs laser pulses JF - Applied surface science N2 - Ablation experiments in several glasses with single and multishot irradiation by laser pulses in the 10-fs pulse duration domain are presented; physical and technological implications are discussed. We demonstrate that these short pulses offer the potential for lateral and vertical machining precision of the order of 100 nm. KW - Ablation KW - Laser pulses KW - Femtosecond pulses PY - 2000 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-4332(99)00432-8 SN - 0169-4332 SN - 1873-5584 VL - 154-155 SP - 11 EP - 16 PB - North-Holland CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-800 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang A1 - Lenzner, M. A1 - Sartania, S. A1 - Spielmann, C. A1 - Krausz, F. ED - Dubowski, J. T1 - Structuring of dielectric and metallic materials with ultrashort laser pulses between 20 fs and 3 ps T2 - Laser applications in microelectronic and optoelectronic manufacturing II N2 - Laser-micromachining of barium aluminum borosilicate glass, fused silica and stainless steel has been extended down to a pulse duration of 20 fs generated by a Ti:sapphire laser system at a wavelength of 0.8 micrometer. A systematic study shows that, below 100 fs, an enhanced precision and a substantial decrease of the ablation threshold fluence in comparison to pulse laser processing with pulses in the picosecond and nanosecond range could be achieved. The physical mechanism and the technical relevance of this novel microtechnology is discussed. T2 - Conference CY - San José, CA, USA DA - 1997-02-10 KW - Ablation KW - Laser processing KW - Micromachining KW - Structuring KW - Femtosecond pulse laser KW - Glass KW - Silica KW - Steel PY - 1997 SN - 0-8194-2402-1 DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.273740 SN - 1605-7422 N1 - Serientitel: SPIE proceedings series – Series title: SPIE proceedings series IS - 2991 SP - 40 EP - 47 PB - SPIE CY - Bellingham, Wash. AN - OPUS4-11893 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang T1 - Ultrashort Pulse Laser Interaction with Dielectrics and Polymers T2 - Polymers and light N2 - Abstract Femtosecond laser micromachining has excited vivid attention in various industri- al fields and in medicine owing to the advantages of ultrashort laser pulses compared to long-pulse treatment.These are mainly the reduction of the laser fluence needed to induce ablation and the improvement of the contour sharpness of the laser-generated structures. Recently,special attention was paid to femtosecond laser experiments on nonabsorbing in- organic dielectrics.This is due to the fact that optical damage in dielectric optical elements limits the performance of high-power laser systems.Despite the fact that a large variety of organic polymers can be machined with excimer lasers successfully,the involvement of thermal processes can lead to an unsatisfactory quality of the structures.Ultrashort,fs-laser pulses might be an alternative for the treatment of polymers.Therefore,femtosecond laser machining investigations of dielectrics and polymers are reviewed in this paper.Similarities and differences of the ablation behavior of both material classes are discussed.The influ- ence of the bandgap on the ablation threshold in dependence on the pulse duration,the en- hancement of the machining precision with a shortening of the pulse duration,incubation phenomena,and morphological features appearing on the surface after femtosecond laser treatment are mentioned.Possible applications,e.g.,in medicine and biosensors,are de- scribed. KW - Dielectrics KW - Femtosecond laser KW - Micromachining KW - Ablation KW - Polymers PY - 2004 SN - 3-540-40471-6 N1 - Serientitel: Advances in polymer science – Series title: Advances in polymer science IS - 168 SP - 247 EP - 289 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-3262 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -