Gap bridging in joining of glass using ultra short laser pulses

Cvecek K, Odato R, Dehmel S, Miyamoto I, Schmidt M (2015)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2015

Journal

Optics Express Optical Society of America

Book Volume: 23

Pages Range: 5681-5693

Journal Issue: 5

DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.005681

Abstract

Glass welding by ultra-short laser pulses provides hermetic welding seams with high mechanical stability. The required distance between the samples must be extremely small (<100nm), otherwise cracks will form inside the seam reducing its stability. However, to achieve such small gaps the roughness of the samples must be small enough necessitating additional polishing. Additionally, Van-der-Waals forces grow substantial at such distances thereby effectively preventing sample movement and an easy and precise sample alignment. Here we present a method utilizing ultra-short laser pulses which exploits a volume expansion of irradiated glass enabling the joining of glass plates across gaps of up to 1μm.

Authors with CRIS profile

Kristian Cvecek Lehrstuhl für Photonische Technologien Michael Schmidt Lehrstuhl für Photonische Technologien

Additional Organisation(s)

Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies Lehrstuhl für Photonische Technologien

Involved external institutions

Osaka University

Japan (JP) Bayerisches Laserzentrum gemeinnützige Forschungsgesellschaft mbH (BLZ)

Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Cvecek, K., Odato, R., Dehmel, S., Miyamoto, I., & Schmidt, M. (2015). Gap bridging in joining of glass using ultra short laser pulses. Optics Express, 23(5), 5681-5693. https://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.005681

MLA:

Cvecek, Kristian, et al. "Gap bridging in joining of glass using ultra short laser pulses." Optics Express 23.5 (2015): 5681-5693.

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