What is it about?
Microstructure study of a continuous laser surface treatment, useful to modify the waveguiding properties of coated glass
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Why is it important?
The described laser treatment is continuous, adaptable to conventional glass manufacturing methods and respects the integrity of the substrate, even when the surface is irradiated with high laser intensity. Under normal conditions, the glass would shatter. In this case, the process is performed inside a continuous furnace and at high enough temperatures to avoid damage on the glass.
Perspectives
This work opens up a new way of modifying glass products, practically with no limits in terms of applied surface temperatures, nor on size of the substrate. It allows integration of lasers into glass manufacturing furnaces working in continuous or semicontinuous mode. In enables fabrication of glass coatings with extreme properties, as there is no limit on surface temperatures and types of laser scan, to finally induce optical or mechanical properties previously unachievable.
Professor German F de la Fuente
ICMA (CSIC-Univ. Zaragoza)
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This page is a summary of: Laser Zone Melting and microstructure of waveguide coatings obtained on soda-lime glass, International Journal of Applied Glass Science, March 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/ijag.12267.
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