Ultrashort Pulse Laser Ablation of Bulk Materials Using Shaped Laser Beams.

Intro -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical principles and state of the art -- 2.1 Ultrashort pulse laser technology for materialprocessing -- 2.2 Laser beam shaping -- 2.3 Liquid crystal on silicon spatial light modulators -- 2.4 Phase retrieval algorithms -- 3 Materials and methods -- 3.1 Processed materials -- 3.2 System components -- 3.3 Characterization methods -- 4 Theoretical calculation of limits for theincrease of volumetric ablation rate -- 4.1 Heat accumulation modeling for spatially shapedbeams -- 4.2 Ideal requirements on laser sources as well as beamshaping and guiding optics -- 5 Development of an advanced programmablebeam shaping optics -- 5.1 Concept development for uniform beam shaping -- 5.2 Extension of the standard beam splitting algorithm -- 5.3 Development of the double spatial light modulatorsetup -- 5.4 Summary and outlook of the conducted opticsdevelopment -- 6 Process development using flexible beamshaping -- 6.1 Scanning ablation strategy -- 6.2 Stamping ablation strategy -- 6.3 Calculation scheme for the prediction of ablationrates -- 7 Summary and outlook -- Bibliography -- List of author's publications -- Acknowledgements.

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