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http://dx.doi.org/10.3807/KJOP.2013.24.5.224

Design and Analysis of a Laser Lift-Off System using an Excimer Laser  

Kim, Bo Young (Geometrical Optics Lab, Kongju National University)
Kim, Joon Ha (Geometrical Optics Lab, Kongju National University)
Byeon, Jin A (Geometrical Optics Lab, Kongju National University)
Lee, Jun Ho (Geometrical Optics Lab, Kongju National University)
Seo, Jong Hyun (Laser Total Solution co,. Ltd.)
Lee, Jong Moo (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)
Publication Information
Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics / v.24, no.5, 2013 , pp. 224-230 More about this Journal
Abstract
Laser Lift-Off (LLO) is a process that removes a GaN or AIN thin layer from a sapphire wafer to manufacture vertical-type LEDs. It consists of a light source, an attenuator, a mask, a projection lens and a beam homogenizer. In this paper, we design an attenuator and a projection lens. We use the 'ZEMAX' optical design software for analysis of depth of focus and for a projection lens design which makes $7{\times}7mm^2$ beam size by projecting a beam on a wafer. Using the 'LightTools' lighting design software, we analyze the size and uniformity of the beam projected by the projection lens on the wafer. The performance analysis found that the size of the square-shaped beam is $6.97{\times}6.96mm^2$, with 91.8 % uniformity and ${\pm}30{\mu}m$ focus depth. In addition, this study performs dielectric coating using the 'Essential Macleod' to increase the transmittance of an attenuator. As a result, for 23 layers of thin films, the transmittance total has 10-96% at angle of incidence $45-60^{\circ}$ in S-polarization.
Keywords
Projection lens; Depth of focus; Attenuator; Laser lift-off;
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