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High-speed laser-assisted cutting of strong transparent materials using picosecond Bessel beams

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We report single-pass cutting of strong transparent glass materials of 700 μm thickness with a speed up to 270 mm/s using single-shot nanostructuring technique exploiting picosecond, zero-order Bessel beams at laser wavelength of 1030 nm. Particularly, we present results of a systematic study of cutting of tempered glass which has high resistance to thermal and mechanical shocks due to the inhomogeneous material properties along its thickness, and homogeneous glass that identify a unique focusing geometry and a finite pitch dependency, for which cutting with high quality and high reproducibility can be achieved. These results represent a significant advancement in the field of high-speed cutting of technologically important transparent materials.

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Acknowledgments

We acknowledge CARIPLO, Banca del Monte di Lombardia foundations for the financial support. We also acknowledge the technical assistance of Mr. Sergio Grigioni and Mr. Marco Veronelli.

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    Present address: Université de Lyon, Université Jean Monnet, 42000, Saint Etienne, France

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  1. Dipartimento di Scienza e Alta Tecnologia, Universitá degli Studi dell’Insubria, Via Valleggio 11, 22100, Como, Italy

    M. K. Bhuyan, S. Recchia, A. Aprea & P. Di Trapani

  2. CNISM Udr di Como, Via Valleggio 11, 22100, Como, Italy

    M. K. Bhuyan, O. Jedrkiewicz, S. Recchia, A. Aprea & P. Di Trapani

  3. CNR, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, Via Valleggio 11, 22100, Como, Italy

    O. Jedrkiewicz

  4. Workshop of Photonics @ Altechna R&D, Mokslininku 6a, Vilnius, Lithuania

    V. Sabonis & M. Mikutis

  5. IFN-CNR, L-NESS, Via Anzani 42, 22100, Como, Italy

    M. Bollani

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Bhuyan, M.K., Jedrkiewicz, O., Sabonis, V. et al. High-speed laser-assisted cutting of strong transparent materials using picosecond Bessel beams. Appl. Phys. A 120, 443–446 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-015-9289-7

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