Ultrashort pulse laser welding of glasses without optical contacting

Sören Richter; Felix Zimmermann; Dirk Sutter; Aleksander Budnicki; Andreas Tünnermann; Stefan Nolte

doi:10.1117/12.2250389

17 February 2017 Ultrashort pulse laser welding of glasses without optical contacting

Sören Richter, Felix Zimmermann, Dirk Sutter, Aleksander Budnicki, Andreas Tünnermann, Stefan Nolte

Proceedings Volume 10094, Frontiers in Ultrafast Optics: Biomedical, Scientific, and Industrial Applications XVII; 1009411 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2250389
Event: SPIE LASE, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We report on ultrashort pulse induced welding of fused silica without previously optical contacting of the samples. We used a TruMicro 2020 by TRUMPF delivering bursts of intense ultrashort laser pulses with an individual pulse energy of up to 10 μJ, an intraburst pulse separation of 20 ns and a burst repetition rate of 200 kHz. With this setup we could realize a large pool of molten material with a length of up to 450 μm and a diameter of around 160 μm. If the laser focus is placed near the surface of a glass sample the low viscosity of the hot material induces bulging of the surface and ejection of the molten material. This molten material can be used to fill a gap of up to 3 μm between fused silica samples.

We also determined the breaking strength with a three-point bending test. The determined maximal value of 73 MPa is equivalent to 85% of the stability of the pristine bulk material.

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Sören Richter, Felix Zimmermann, Dirk Sutter, Aleksander Budnicki, Andreas Tünnermann, and Stefan Nolte "Ultrashort pulse laser welding of glasses without optical contacting", Proc. SPIE 10094, Frontiers in Ultrafast Optics: Biomedical, Scientific, and Industrial Applications XVII, 1009411 (17 February 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2250389

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