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Industrial applications of ultrafast laser processing

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Industrial ultrafast lasers are a key component of many new industrial manufacturing processes. The virtually athermal nature of the laser–matter interaction process enables high-quality material processing for many different materials with feature size reaching into the nanometer scale. Advances in laser average power and beam-delivery technology have significantly improved the throughput and productivity of real-life industrial and medical applications. In this article, we present key examples of laser processing, including drilling, cutting, and surface processing. In particular, we describe how ultrafast lasers can improve vision in patients, extend battery lifetime, improve the efficiency of solar cells and infrared detectors, or be applied in the printing or microelectronics industries. These examples demonstrate how further developments rely on a combination of laser technology, beam handling and delivery, and laser–matter interaction processes.

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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 644971. In addition, the support for laser processing of batteries by the Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility (http://www.knmf.kit.edu//), a Helmholtz research infrastructure at KIT is gratefully acknowledged. R.S acknowledges support from the Swedish Research Council (VR) for his international postdoctoral grant.

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  1. Amplitude Systemes, France

    Eric Mottay

  2. Panasonic Boston Laboratory, USA

    Xinbing Liu

  3. Electro Scientific Industries, USA

    Haibin Zhang

  4. Harvard University, USA

    Eric Mazur & Reza Sanatinia

  5. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

    Wilhelm Pfleging

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Mottay, E., Liu, X., Zhang, H. et al. Industrial applications of ultrafast laser processing. MRS Bulletin 41, 984–992 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrs.2016.275

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