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Rapid bespoke laser ablation of variable period grating structures using a digital micromirror device for multi-colored surface images

Rapid bespoke laser ablation of variable period grating structures using a digital micromirror device for multi-colored surface images
Rapid bespoke laser ablation of variable period grating structures using a digital micromirror device for multi-colored surface images
A digital micromirror device has been used to project variable-period grating patterns at high values of demagnification for direct laser ablation on planar surfaces. Femtosecond laser pulses of ~1mJ pulse energy at 800nm wavelength from a Ti:sapphire laser were used to machine complex patterns with areas of up to ~1cm2 on thin films of bismuth telluride by dynamically modifying the grating period as the sample was translated beneath the imaged laser pulses. Individual ~30 by 30µm gratings were stitched together to form contiguous structures, which had diffractive effects clearly visible to the naked eye. This technique may have applications in marking, coding, and security features.
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4984-4988
Heath, Daniel
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Mills, Ben
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Feinäugle, Matthias
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Eason, Robert W.
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Heath, Daniel
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Mills, Ben
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Feinäugle, Matthias
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Heath, Daniel, Mills, Ben, Feinäugle, Matthias and Eason, Robert W. (2015) Rapid bespoke laser ablation of variable period grating structures using a digital micromirror device for multi-colored surface images. Applied Optics, 54 (16), 4984-4988. (doi:10.1364/AO.54.004984).

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Abstract

A digital micromirror device has been used to project variable-period grating patterns at high values of demagnification for direct laser ablation on planar surfaces. Femtosecond laser pulses of ~1mJ pulse energy at 800nm wavelength from a Ti:sapphire laser were used to machine complex patterns with areas of up to ~1cm2 on thin films of bismuth telluride by dynamically modifying the grating period as the sample was translated beneath the imaged laser pulses. Individual ~30 by 30µm gratings were stitched together to form contiguous structures, which had diffractive effects clearly visible to the naked eye. This technique may have applications in marking, coding, and security features.

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Accepted/In Press date: 6 May 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 6 May 2015
Published date: 22 May 2015
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 378397
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/378397
ISSN: 0003-6935
PURE UUID: ba331595-4c84-406b-85c7-4858e7e25c9b
ORCID for Ben Mills: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1784-1012
ORCID for Robert W. Eason: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9704-2204

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Date deposited: 29 Jun 2015 13:54
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:27

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Author: Daniel Heath
Author: Ben Mills ORCID iD
Author: Matthias Feinäugle
Author: Robert W. Eason ORCID iD

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