SPIE - Education Precision Laser Micromanufacturing SC689

This course is a comprehensive look at laser technology as applied to precision micromanufacturing. A brief background discussion on laser history, technology and definition of important terms will be presented. Then, available laser sources will be compared and contrasted including CO2, excimer, Nd:YAG, fiber and short pulse lasers. IR and UV material/photon interaction, basic optical components and system integration are also crucial to getting good processing results and these will all be examined in detail. Finally, real applications from the medical, microelectronics, aerospace and other fields will be presented. This course has been greatly expanded to include detailed discussions on short pulse lasers (ps and fs) and their applications, both present and future. Also, MicroManufacturing includes technologies such as welding, joining and additive technologies. While the main emphasis of the course is still MicroMachining (material removal), additive technologies will be discussed also – especially 3D LAM (Laser Additive Manufacturing). This course is a comprehensive look at laser technology as applied to precision micromanufacturing. A brief background discussion on laser history, technology and definition of important terms will be presented. Then, available laser sources will be compared and contrasted including CO2, excimer, Nd:YAG, fiber and short pulse lasers. IR and UV material/photon interaction, basic optical components and system integration are also crucial to getting good processing results and these will all be examined in detail. Finally, real applications from the medical, microelectronics, aerospace and other fields will be presented. This course has been greatly expanded to include detailed discussions on short pulse lasers (ps and fs) and their applications, both present and future. Also, MicroManufacturing includes technologies such as welding, joining and additive technologies. While the main emphasis of the course is still MicroMachining (material removal), additive technologies will be discussed also – especially 3D LAM (Laser Additive Manufacturing).