Optical coherence tomography in material deformation by using short pulse laser irradiation

Eun Seo Choi; Wooseop Kwak; Yongjin Shin; Youngseop Kim; Woonggyu Jung; Yeh-Chan Ahn; Zhongping Chen; Eun Joo Jeong; Chang-Seok Kim

doi:10.1117/12.767031

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18 February 2008 Optical coherence tomography in material deformation by using short pulse laser irradiation

Eun Seo Choi, Wooseop Kwak, Yongjin Shin, Youngseop Kim, Woonggyu Jung, Yeh-Chan Ahn, Zhongping Chen, Eun Joo Jeong, Chang-Seok Kim

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Proceedings Volume 6847, Coherence Domain Optical Methods and Optical Coherence Tomography in Biomedicine XII; 68470W (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.767031
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2008, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

We demonstrate the feasibility of OCT imaging for the investigation of samples, which are processed by the short pulse laser. The use of short pulse lasers in various material processing have provided the advantages such as a high peak power and a small heat affected zone over conventional methods based on mechanical treatment. However, due to the improper application of the lasers, the unwanted surface or structural deformation of materials and the thermal damages around an irradiation spot can be caused. Thus, the real-time monitoring/evaluation of laser processing performance in-situ is needed to prevent the excessive deformation of the material and to determine optimal processing conditions. As a standard method to investigation of the material processing by using the lasers, the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) or the transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observation of a physically cleaved surface is used although sample damages are given during the cleaving and polishing process. In this paper, we utilized the OCT advantages such as high resolution and non-invasive investigation to evaluate the laser processing performance. OCT images for the deformation monitoring of the ABS plastic present correlation with images obtained from conventional investigation methods. OCT images of the maxillary bone clearly show the difference in the pit formation of the biological sample at different irradiation conditions. We prove the potential of OCT for the evaluation of laser-processed various samples. Integrating OCT system into a laser processing system, we can visualize the effect of laser-based treatments in clinical and industrial fields.

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Eun Seo Choi, Wooseop Kwak, Yongjin Shin, Youngseop Kim, Woonggyu Jung, Yeh-Chan Ahn, Zhongping Chen, Eun Joo Jeong, and Chang-Seok Kim "Optical coherence tomography in material deformation by using short pulse laser irradiation", Proc. SPIE 6847, Coherence Domain Optical Methods and Optical Coherence Tomography in Biomedicine XII, 68470W (18 February 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.767031

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