TY - GEN A1 - Hertwig, Andreas A1 - Martin, Sven A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Spielmann, C. A1 - Lenner, M. A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang ED - Dausinger, F. ED - Lichtner, F. ED - Lubatschowski, H. T1 - Primary hazards and reliability of protective materials N2 - Femtosecond laser pulses are close to industrial use. The advantages of ultrashort laser pulses for micromachining applications especially in the case of dielectric and biological samples down to pulse durations of 5 fs have been established. The current international standards of laser safety are primarily concerned with CW and pulsed lasers down to the nanosecond range. Therefore, human tissue and laser-protection equipment was investigated with respect to its resistance and protection performance for femtosecond laser illumination down to 30 fs. This included filter glasses for laser protection eyewear, polymer and textile materials used in curtains and guards. Bulk absorber filters can provide enough protection against laser radiation, give a sufficiently broad absorption spectrum. Materials are damaged more easily by femtosecond laser radiation. The need for sufficient spectral broadness as well as the different damage thresholds have to be included in international laser safety standards. This work should trigger the development of novel eye-protection devices that are lighter and ergonomically more acceptable than present commercial models. KW - Lasersicherheit KW - Kurzpulslaser KW - Femtosekunden KW - Lasertechnik KW - Materialbearbeitung PY - 2004 SN - 3-540-20114-9 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/b96440 SN - 0303-4216 N1 - Serientitel: Topics in applied physics – Series title: Topics in applied physics IS - 96 SP - 287 EP - 307 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-4661 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Martin, Sven A1 - Hertwig, Andreas A1 - Lenzner, Matthias A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang T1 - Spot-size dependence of the ablation threshold in dielectrics for femtosecond laser pulses N2 - The multi-pulse ablation threshold of barium borosilicate glass was measured using 30-fs pulses of a high repetition rate (1 kHz) laser system. The threshold fluence was found to decrease with increasing beam radius ranging from 20 to 400 m. Two existing models are applied by considering thermal accumulation and point defects, respectively . PY - 2003 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-003-2213-6 SN - 0947-8396 VL - 77 IS - 7 SP - 883 EP - 884 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-6317 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mero, M. A1 - Clapp, B. A1 - Jasapara, J.C. A1 - Rudolph, W. A1 - Ristau, D. A1 - Starke, K. A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Martin, Sven A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang T1 - On the damage behavior of dielectric films when illuminated with multiple femtosecond laser pulses N2 - The physical effects reducing the damage threshold of dielectric films when exposed to multiple femtosecond pulses are investigated. The measured temperature increase of a Ta2O5 film scales exponentially with the pulse fluence. A polarized luminescence signal is observed that depends quadratically on the pulse fluence and is attributed to twophoton excitation of self-trapped excitons that form after band-to-band excitation. The damage fluence decreases with increasing pulse number, but is independent of the repetition rate from 1 Hz to 1 kHz at a constant pulse number. The repetition rate dependence of the breakdown threshold is also measured for TiO2 , HfO2, Al2O3, and SiO2 films. A theoretical model is presented that explains these findings. KW - Laser-induced damage KW - Laser materials KW - Ultrafast phenomena KW - Coatings PY - 2005 DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1905343 SN - 0892-354X VL - 44 IS - 5 SP - 051107-1-051107-7 PB - Dekker CY - New York, NY AN - OPUS4-7406 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Martin, Sven A1 - Mädebach, Heinrich A1 - Urech, L. A1 - Lippert, T. A1 - Wokaun, A. A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang T1 - Femto- and nanosecond laser treatment of doped polymethylmethacrylate N2 - Femto- and nanosecond laser ablation of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and PMMA doped with a linear absorber was investigated in the infrared spectral region. Ablation thresholds were determined and incubation phenomena were identified. The ‘degree’ of incubation was calculated employing a phenomenological model. The influence of the pulse duration on the machining quality of the polymers was examined. The presence of an absorbing chromophore is not a prerequisite for a controllable fs-laser structuring in contrast to the ns-treatment. Surface swelling always accompanied ablation. KW - Laser ablation KW - Laser beam machining KW - Doping thin films KW - Polymers-radiation effects PY - 2005 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2005.01.078 SN - 0169-4332 SN - 1873-5584 VL - 247 SP - 406 EP - 411 PB - North-Holland CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-7470 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang A1 - Hertwig, Andreas A1 - Martin, Sven A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Lenzner, Matthias A1 - Spielmann, C. A1 - Lenner, M. A1 - Bunte, J. A1 - Puester, T. A1 - Burmester, T. A1 - Fiedler, A. A1 - Heberer, E. A1 - Brose, M. A1 - Stingl, A. A1 - Kiehl, P. A1 - Hönigsmann, H. A1 - Trautinger, F. A1 - Grabner, G. T1 - Safety in Femtosecond Laser Technology - Recent Results of a European Research Project (406) T2 - International Laser Safety Conference 2003 ; ILSC 2003 CY - Jacksonville, FL, USA DA - 2003-03-10 PY - 2003 SN - 0-912035-38-2 SP - 1(?) EP - 10(?) PB - Laser Institute of America CY - Orlando, Fla. AN - OPUS4-2259 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 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 - Hertwig, Andreas A1 - Martin, Sven A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang T1 - Surface damage and color centers generated by femtosecond pulses in borosilicate glass and silica N2 - Color center generation by femtosecond laser pulses (30 fs) is observed in a fluence range below the damage threshold in an alkali-free barium borosilicate (BBS) glass, and in a thin layer of SiO2 on a fused silica substrate. The color centers are characterized spectroscopically. The optical density of the color centers in BBS glass is by two orders of magnitude higher than that in silica. A healing process with a time constant of about 30 h can be found. PY - 2004 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0926860X DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-004-2634-x SN - 0947-8396 VL - 79 SP - 1075 EP - 1077 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-11047 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Lenzner, Matthias A1 - Martin, Sven A1 - Lenner, M. A1 - Spielmann, Ch. A1 - Fiedler, A. A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang T1 - Single- and multi-pulse femtosecond laser ablation of optical filter materials N2 - Ablation experiments employing Ti:sapphire laser pulses with durations from 30 to 340 fs (centre wavelength 800 nm, repetition rate 1 kHz) were performed in air. Absorbing filters (Schott BG18 and BG36) served as targets. The direct focusing technique was used under single- and multi-pulse irradiation conditions. Ablation threshold fluences were determined from a semi-logarithmic plot of the ablation crater diameter versus laser fluence. The threshold fluence decreases for a shorter pulse duration and an increasing number of pulses. The multi-pulse ablation threshold fluences are similar to those of undoped glass material (~1 J cm-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 is practically constant. This leads to technically relevant ablation threshold values. KW - Damage KW - Femtosecond laser ablation KW - Filter KW - Incubation KW - Laser safety KW - Threshold PY - 2003 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-4332(02)01389-2 SN - 0169-4332 SN - 1873-5584 VL - 208-209 SP - 233 EP - 237 PB - North-Holland CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-11545 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Martin, Sven A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Hertwig, Andreas A1 - Fiedler, A. A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang T1 - Femtosecond laser interaction with protection materials N2 - Textile, aluminium and polyethylene used as components in laser protection curtains were investigated with respect to their ablation behaviour. Employing 33-fs pulses (800 nm wavelength, 1 kHz repetition rate), ex situ geometrical measurements of the ablation cavities and in situ acoustic investigations with a microphone were performed to determine the ablation thresholds in the single- and multi-pulse cases. The acoustical method proved advantageous for complex surface morphologies and/or single laser pulse interactions. Incubation phenomena can be observed for all the materials studied. Technically relevant multi-pulse ablation thresholds are presented and are compared with the single-pulse (1-on-1) irradiation. KW - Damage KW - Femtosecond laser ablation KW - Laser safety KW - Threshold KW - Aluminium KW - Textile PY - 2003 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-4332(02)01392-2 SN - 0169-4332 SN - 1873-5584 VL - 208-209 SP - 333 EP - 339 PB - North-Holland CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-11546 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bunte, J. A1 - Barcikowski, S. A1 - Burmester, T. A1 - Püster, T. A1 - Hertwig, Andreas A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Martin, Sven A1 - Spielmann, C. A1 - Lenner, M. A1 - Brose, M. T1 - Sicherer Umgang mit Ultrakurzpuls-Lasern, Teil 1: Primäre Gefährdungen PY - 2005 SN - 0945-8875 IS - 2 SP - 6 EP - 11 PB - Magazin-Verl. CY - Bad Nenndorf AN - OPUS4-11001 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bunte, J. A1 - Barcikowski, S. A1 - Burmester, T. A1 - Püster, T. A1 - Hertwig, Andreas A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Martin, Sven A1 - Spielmann, C. A1 - Lenner, M. A1 - Brose, M. T1 - Sicherer Umgang mit Ultrakurzpuls-Lasern, Teil 2: Sekundäre Gefährdungen PY - 2005 SN - 0945-8875 IS - 4 SP - 13 EP - 18 PB - Magazin-Verl. CY - Bad Nenndorf AN - OPUS4-11002 LA - deu 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 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 - CONF A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Lenzner, Matthias A1 - Martin, Sven A1 - Lenner, M. A1 - Spielmann, C. A1 - Fiedler, A. ED - Meunier, M. T1 - Single- and multi-pulse femtosecond laser ablation of optical filter materials N2 - Commercially available absorption filters (Schott BG18 and BG36) were investigated with respect to their single- and multi-pulse ablation threshold using laser pulses from a Ti:Sapphire laser in the range between 30 and 340 fs. It could be observed, that the threshold fluence decreases for shorter pulse durations. The similarity of the measured multi-pulse threshold fluences with those of undoped glass material (around 1 J/cm^2 for a pulse duration of 30 fs) suggests that, for very short pulses, the threshold is independent on the doping level and therefore, linear absorption does not significantly contribute to laser-induced damage. For >100 pulses per spot and all pulse durations applied, the threshold fluences saturate. This independence on the number of applied pulses leads to technically relevant damage threshold values. T2 - Symposium D - European Materials Research Society CY - Strasbourg, France DA - 2002-06-18 PY - 2002 UR - http://www.emrs-strasbourg.com/files/pdf/2002_SPRING/02_Prog_Dv2.pdf N1 - Serientitel: Applied surface science – Series title: Applied surface science VL - 208/209.2003,1 IS - 1 SP - 1(?) PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-1588 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kautek, Wolfgang A1 - Martin, Sven A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Lenzner, Matthias A1 - Fiedler, A. ED - Meunier, M. T1 - Femtosecond laser multi-pulse interaction with optical filters and fabrics N2 - Optical filters and fabrics are important parts of laser safety equipment such as goggles and curtains. A choice of these materials with varying absorption spectra is investigated with respect to their resistance to Ti:sapphire femtosecond laser radiation (800 nm wavelength, 1 kHz repetition rate). Pulse durations down to 30 fs and multiple-pulse irradiation conditions are employed to evaluate technically relevant damage thresholds. The ablation threshold fluences of the absorbing filters are comparable to those observed for transparent materials with 30-fs-pulses. These investigations together with scanning electron microscopy of the surface morphology after laser treatment provide insight into the interaction mechanism of the short pulses with the materials. T2 - Symposium D - European Materials Research Society CY - Strasbourg, France DA - 2002-06-18 PY - 2002 UR - http://www.emrs-strasbourg.com/files/pdf/2002_SPRING/02_Prog_Dv2.pdf N1 - Serientitel: Applied surface science – Series title: Applied surface science VL - 208/209.2003,1 IS - 1 SP - 1(?) PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-1730 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -