Fundamentals and industrial applications of ultrashort pulsed lasers at Bosch

Jens König; Thorsten Bauer

doi:10.1117/12.878593

11 February 2011 Fundamentals and industrial applications of ultrashort pulsed lasers at Bosch

Jens König, Thorsten Bauer

Proceedings Volume 7925, Frontiers in Ultrafast Optics: Biomedical, Scientific, and Industrial Applications XI; 792510 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.878593
Event: SPIE LASE, 2011, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Fundamental results of ablation processes of metals with ultrashort laser pulses in the far threshold fluence regime are shown and discussed. Time-resolved measurements of the plasma transmission exhibit two distinctive minima. The minima occurring within the first nanoseconds can be attributed to electrons and sublimated material emitted from the target surface, whereas the subsequent minimum after several 10 ns is due to particles and droplets after a thermal boiling process. Industrial applications of ultrashort pulsed laser micro machining in the Bosch Group are also shown with the production of exhaust gas sensors and common rail diesel systems. Since 2007, ultrashort laser pulses are used at the BOSCH plant in Bamberg for producing lambda-probes, which are made of a special ceramic layer system and can measure the exhaust gas properties faster and more accurately. This enables further reduction of emissions by optimized combustion control. Since 2009, BOSCH uses ultrashort pulsed lasers for micro-structuring the injector of common rail diesel systems. A drainage groove allows a tight system even at increased pressures up to 2000 bar. Diesel injection is thus even more reliable, powerful and environment-friendly.

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Jens König and Thorsten Bauer "Fundamentals and industrial applications of ultrashort pulsed lasers at Bosch", Proc. SPIE 7925, Frontiers in Ultrafast Optics: Biomedical, Scientific, and Industrial Applications XI, 792510 (11 February 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.878593

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