Manufacturing tools based on an ultraviolet excimer laser offer a combination of high precision and fast throughput for plastics and other organics. ') var ExcimerLasers=('
Photonics Reprint article "A new generation of easy-to-use excimer lasers is bringing the benefits of high-power output to diverse industrial applications. " ') var MedicalDeviceManufacturing=('
It is well known that lasers are utilized in the medical device industry. When facing a challenging manufacturing problem, manufacturing engineers always evaluate a variety of solutions available to them, including lasers. . . . We would like to address some of these issues associated with laser contract manufacturing in an attempt to assist production managers and manufacturing engineers in their decision making process.') var LaserSkiving=('
A Manufacturing Engineer\'s guide to medical device manufacturing using laser micromachining technology. Medical Device Skiving is a manufacturing term to describe the removal of the outer wall of a delivery device. These delivery devices tend to be catheters which, in association with guide wires, may act as a conduit for a balloon, stent, brush, monitor ,drug delivery or evacuation tool. ') var PrecisionFlowDevices=('
Precision flow devices are based upon volumetric control of a liquid, gas or solid. As the market demands of medical device products, instrumentation, test or consumer products become more stringent, the necessity for tighter and substantially smaller volumetric control has led to the emergence of new devices to regulate flow. Laser Micromachining Technology is a method to manufacture these devices. ') var MedicalDeviceApplications=('
Once you’ve developed the angioplasty medical device, you need a high quality, reliable manufacturing partner with the capacity, production infrastructure and technical know-how to deliver products on time and in a cost-effective manner. ') var MedicalApplications=('
Nashua, NH—In the treatment of cardiac disorders such as arrhythmia, catheters are directed to the heart via a femoral entrance. Then cauterization and cryogenic catheters selectively kill tissue. Excimer lasers strip polymer coating from the metal wires of cauterization devices to provide electrical access to these wires. Excimer laser thinning \(outer-layer stripping\) is used to increase the flexibility of devices to allow them to navigate tortuous arteries.') var LaserAblationCellData=('
Graphical representation of Laurin Sample Cell performance') var PrelimResultsGeochronology=('
We report the performance of a newly installed ELA-ICPMS supplied by Resonetics LLC. In this, the semi flattopped 24x8 mm light beam from a Lambda-Physik LPX 220 ArF excimer laser (,=193 nm) illuminates variable apertures in a N2-purged light path. A demagnified aperture image is focussed onto the target through a low numerical aperture long working distance lens, with a depth of focus ranging from 50 to 200 µm, depending on the demagnification. Spot sizes from 470 to 9 microns are available, as well as slit-shaped spots up to 0.75mm length. Ablation of samples up to 5 cm square takes place in helium in a two-volume cell which features fast washout times(<5 s).
System is capable of producing concordant U-Pb ages with <1.5 % 1 errors. Preliminary results indicate that the ages of widely used zircon standards such as Temora, R33, 91500 and Sri Lanka can be perfectly matched, within age errors < 1% from the reported TIMS U/Pb ages. Preliminary results suggest that natural samples as young as 12 Ma can be perfectly dated. The low uncertainty in the signal (typically < 2% for most elements in NIST 612 standard glass) and rapid washout permits high spatial resolution detection of compositional and age changes that can allow high resolution domain dating in complex zircons.') var PerformanceMetricsArF=('
A new custom-built excimer (193 nm) laser-ablation system with two-volume laser-ablation cell coupled to a quadrupole ICPMS is descforribed, which combines rapid (<1.5 s 99%) signal washout with full flexibility in sample size (50 X 50 X 25 mm) and high sensitivity (>10000 cps/ppm for mid-high m/z, 55 mm, 5 Hz). An application of reconstructing medieval Pb exposure highlights the need for rapid signal washout in unravelling strongly varying Pb peaks in well-preserved archaeological tooth enamel.') var FractionationObserved=('
This paper reports detailed analyses of Nb and Ta concentrations of 19 eclogite samples and their principal mineral constituents from the main drill hole of the Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling Project (CCSD) and nearby outcrops. We observe highly fractionated and overall suprachondritic Nb/Ta values in minerals, e.g., rutile (4.8–87), titanite (12–62) and amphibole (2.0–67). Amphiboles in amphibolites (retrograded from eclogite) can be classified into two groups: a low Nb/Ta group that bears higher Al contents and is thus of higher pressure origin, and a high Nb/Ta, lower pressure group. The former group was likely formed during subduction; the latter may have formed during exhumation in the presence of rutile and titanite.') var AccordionHoneycomb=('
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Laser System Integration:
Inside the Head of a Systems Integrator
Systems Integrators connect the dots between components and systems, design and application, satisfaction and performance, manufacturers and users, technology and the bottom line.') var OLED=('
The Resonetics OLED Laser Ablation Series is a family of laser systems designed to meet advanced research, development, prototype, pilot production and manufacturing of Organic LEDs \(OLED\), Polymer LEDs \(pled\) and flexible display devices.') var CO2MicroTech=('
The Micromachining Technology Platform \(MTP\) enables the transfer of micromachining technology and expertise \(such as optical beam delivery design, part handling, material processing and in-situ metrology\) to the infrared machining world') var MicromachiningSeminar=('
110 page white paper on Laser Technology amd Micromachining. Includes laser theory, CO2, Solid State Nd+3, and Excimer lasers. Sections on Principles of Laser Materials Processing, Photo-Ablation and Material Interaction with UV Light, Beam Delivery Techniques, System Integration, and Examples of Materials Processing Systems.') var ReviewLaserMicromachining=('
The emergence of laser job-shop and high-volume contract manufacturing signals the maturation of the laser micromachining industry. Behind this growth is the healthy competitive co-existence of both laser manufacturers and volume contract manufacturers.') var Excimers=('
The development of small excimer lasers with relatively small pulse energies but with the capability of reaching high repetition rates, coupled to acceptable gas lifetimes and good beam quality, has opened up new opportunities for laser applications in manufacturing. . . . . . This paper explores some of the new applications and benefits of this technology') var CustomPinholes=('
. . . .therefore there is a trend towards the fabrication of specialty pinholes, air slits, collimators and spatial filters that may require high dimensional tolerances and repeatability or resolutions approaching the diffraction limit of the illumination source. To meet these needs, hybrid laser micromachining technology of metals known as PIVOTAL has been developed.') var LaserStripping=('
The rapidly growing Internet is placing increasing demands on suppliers of passive and active fiberoptic components. No longer can these suppliers invest their research and engineering resources only into the nextgeneration "black box" component\; they also must focus on how to manufacture these components reliably, eco- nomically, repeatedly, and at high volumes. In fact, time-to volumeis becoming as important as time-to-market.') var TechnicalCyberdigest=('
The excimer wavelength of 248 nm is commonly used because it is strongly absorbed by most materials. Ceramics such as alumina \(Al2O3\) are typically machined at a fluence of 20 J\/cm2 or greater. This fluence level is achieved by setting up the beam delivery in a mask projection scheme where the optical demagnification exceeds 15X. The demagnification is the linear ratio of the mask size to the image size. The on target fluence increases as the square of the demagnification.') var Blank=(' ') function SetText(objId,x,newText) { //v9.0 with (document) if (getElementById && ((obj=getElementById(objId))!=null)) with (obj) innerHTML = unescape(newText); }