TY - JOUR A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Spielmann, C. T1 - Femtosecond Laser Technology in Use: Safety Aspects - A Detailed Study compares different Materials for Eye Protection N2 - In recent years, femtosecond lasers matured from sensitive research setups to turnkey systems for an increasing number of applications. Now that running an ultra-short pulse laser system needs no longer a specialized scientist, safety issues become more crucial. Ultrashort laser pulses have extremely high peak powers and even scattered radiation may possess severe risks to the unprotected eye. Accordingly, special protection schemes are necessary for these unique laser systems. PY - 2008 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/latj.200790209 SN - 1613-7728 VL - 5 IS - 1 SP - 48 EP - 52 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-16471 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang A1 - Lenzner, M. A1 - Sartania, S. A1 - Spielmann, C. A1 - Krausz, F. T1 - Laser micromachining of barium aluminium borosilicate glass with pulse durations between 20 fs and 3 ps N2 - Laser-micromachining of high-tech glass has been extended down to a pulse duration of 20 fs generated by a Ti sapphire laser system at a wavelength of 780 nm. A systematic electronmicroscopic study shows that, below 100 fs, an extreme precision and a substantial decrease of the ablation threshold fluence with respect to pulse laser processing with pulses in the picosecond and nanosecond range could be achieved. The technical relevance of this novel microtechnology is discussed. The morphology of the ablated areas is not determined by thermal processes, i.e. the heat affected zone. It is controlled by non-linear optical coupling effects. Multi-photon absorption becomes highly efficient below laser pulse durations of 100 fs so that light penetration is minimized and ablation cavities become smooth. At longer pulse durations, a higher light penetration due to a lower number of non-linearly absorbed photons allows mechanical relaxation processes in the glass material leading to roughening. KW - Laser micromachining KW - Subpicosecond laser ablation KW - Barium aluminium borosilicate glass PY - 1998 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-4332(97)00763-0 SN - 0169-4332 SN - 1873-5584 IS - 127-129 SP - 892 EP - 898 PB - North-Holland CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-887 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -