Characterization of Laser Beam Shaping Optics Based on Their Ablation Geometry of Thin Films

Thin film ablation with pulsed nanosecond lasers can benefit from the use of beam shaping optics to transform the Gaussian beam profile with a circular footprint into a Top-Hat beam profile with a rectangular footprint. In general, the quality of the transformed beam profile depends strongly on the...

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Main Authors: Stefan Rung, Johannes Barth, Ralf Hellmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-10-01
Series:Micromachines
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/5/4/943