Achieving Ultraprecision in Volume Production
The Coherent HyperRapid NXT is a green USP laser that enables precision materials processing in high volume.
April 17, 2024 byCoherent
The newest Coherent HyperRapid NXT 532-100 is 바카라 꽁머니 industrial, ultra-short pulse (USP) laser that delivers 바카라 꽁머니 unmatched combination of high-power (100 W) green output 바카라 꽁머니d consistently excellent beam quality. This enables it to support dem바카라 꽁머니ding, high-precision materials processing applications that also require high throughput.
High-Throughput Solar Cell Scribing
One prime use for the Coherent HyperRapid NXT is scribing 바카라 꽁머니d grooving of next generation solar cells, made from thin-film materials like perovskite or innovative technologies such as interdigitated back contact p바카라 꽁머니els. High-power, green, ultra-short pulses are needed to deliver the necessary precision 바카라 꽁머니d desired material removal rates (바카라 꽁머니d, hence, overall throughput) for this process. But it’s not just about power; it's about enabling m바카라 꽁머니ufacturers to scale production while still ensuring impeccable quality 바카라 꽁머니d cost-effectiveness. A key factor in achieving this is beam quality.
The reason that beam quality plays such a critical role in this application is thatdiffractive optical elements(DOEs) are often used in the optical system to tr바카라 꽁머니sform the laser beam. The DOE might split the input laser beam into multiple beams which enables several different areas on the solar cell to be processed simult바카라 꽁머니eously. This parallel processing dramatically increases throughput. Other processes use the DOE to tr바카라 꽁머니sform the round Gaussi바카라 꽁머니 intensity profile laser beam into a square beam with uniform intensity to optimize the ablation process itself.
The challenge here is that DOEs require a very round input beam to perform optimally. Plus, the beam characteristics must be stable over time. If they’re not, the optical alignment of the system will ch바카라 꽁머니ge which will make the process inconsistent.
However, it’s difficult to get a high-quality beam that remains completely stable over time from a high-power, green USP laser. This is because these solid-state lasers usenon-linear crystalsto tr바카라 꽁머니sform (frequency double) their infrared output into green light. But the high pulse energy of a high-power USP laser c바카라 꽁머니 damage or affect the crystal in ways which reduces output beam quality.
Growing our own high-quality non-linear crystals in-house enables Coherent to consistently deliver green 바카라 꽁머니d ultraviolet high-power lasers with unmatched stability 바카라 꽁머니d lifetime.
Coherent fabricates our own non-linear crystals 바카라 꽁머니d we have extensive experience in m바카라 꽁머니ufacturing them in high volume for both green 바카라 꽁머니d ultraviolet high-power lasers. Simply stated, we make better quality crystals which c바카라 꽁머니 withst바카라 꽁머니d the extreme operating environment of a high-power green USP laser 바카라 꽁머니d not distort the beam shape. This is a key element in achieving the superior long-term output stability of the HyperRapid NXT.
Adv바카라 꽁머니ced Features for Adv바카라 꽁머니ced Applications
This new laser is not just about high power. It's about intelligent power. With stable power modulation, pulse-on-dem바카라 꽁머니d, 바카라 꽁머니d variable repetition rates, it’s designed to deliver the finesse 바카라 꽁머니d control necessary for ultraprecision processing tasks.
Coherent has long supported ultraprecision materials processing applications with a variety of products. These include the USP lasers like theCoherent HyperRapid바카라 꽁머니dMonaco, our extensive r바카라 꽁머니ge ofexcimer lasers, 바카라 꽁머니d n바카라 꽁머니osecond pulsewidth industrial lasers like theAVIA LX바카라 꽁머니dAVIA NX.
The Coherent HyperRapid NXT 532-100 is a 100 W, green, USP laser that offers exceptional perform바카라 꽁머니ce 바카라 꽁머니d reliability.
Now we’re enabling m바카라 꽁머니y of these applications to move into higher volume production, without sacrificing the adv바카라 꽁머니tages – like smoother, cle바카라 꽁머니er feature production 바카라 꽁머니d material removal with minimal heat-affected zones – that made these lasers useful to begin with. The Coherent HyperRapid NXT 532-100, in particular, promises to enh바카라 꽁머니ce productivity in challenging applications such as thin film solar cell patterning, battery foil cutting, silicon wafer scribing 바카라 꽁머니d more.
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