Excimer and Impact Laser Micromachining Applications

Excimer and Impact lasers provide precision micromachining of a wide range of technical and biocompatible polymers — drilling, grooving and shaping free from deformation or charring, features typically 1 µm – 1 mm.

	Cleaning and damage-free removal of dielectric from unwanted areas including ultra-fine wires.
	Machining features can range from drilling of simple holes through milling grooves, channels, nozzles etc for microfluidics devices to the forming of microlenses, including dense arrays of lenslets of imaging quality

A growing applications area is that of medical devices: catheter lumen drilling, skiving, grooving and tip shaping, fast and precise drilling of holes through membranes including artificial skin and filters, precise holes in dosimeters and for variable release medications, milling of special shapes, precision marking of delicate components including optical eyewear and for cell counting, retinal implants, removal of insulation from fine wires or contact pads, patterning of conducting metal layers …

Excimer lasers can also mark, drill and cut hard materials including ceramics, glass, diamond and metals like tungsten.