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A study on the processing of dental ceramic composites by using laser (치과용 세라믹 보철물 소재 레이저 가공성 평가)

  • Hwang, Junho;Kwon, Sung-Min;Lee, ChanWoo;Kim, HyunDeok;Kim, Im-Sun;Lee, Kyu-Bok
    • The Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics
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    • v.57 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2019
  • Purpose: The laser processability of dental prosthesis is investigated using two ceramic composites, including 3M, Lava Ultimate and Ivoclar vivadent, IPS e.max. Materials and methods: The $CO_2$ laser, picosecond laser and femtosecond laser are used to assess the processing power of dental prosthetic materials Lava Ultimate and IPS e.max and the line processing shape was measured using a confocal microscope. Results: The brittleness, carbonization and micro crack of the ceramic composite were influenced by heat accumulation of the material and could be controlled by the laser power and pulse time. Conclusion: In the case of $CO_2$ lasers, micro crack and carbonation occurred immediately, and in the picosecond laser processing, the micro cracks are partially improved, but the carbonization occurs continuously. Finally, we confirmed the high efficiency of laser processing with femtosecond laser. In particular, Lava Ultimate, a ceramic resin composite material, showed the best processability when processed using a femtosecond laser.

Absolute Distance Measurements Using the Optical Comb of a Femtosecond Pulse Laser

  • Jin, Jong-Han;Kim, Young-Jin;Kim, Yun-Seok;Kim, Seung-Woo
    • International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.22-26
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    • 2007
  • We describe a new way of implementing absolute displacement measurements by exploiting the optical comb of a femtosecond pulse laser as a wavelength ruler, The optical comb is stabilized by locking both the repetition rate and the carrier offset frequency to an Rb clock of frequency standard. Multiwavelength interferometry is then performed using the quasi-monochromatic beams of well-defined generated wavelengths by tuning an external cavity laser diode consecutively to preselected light modes of the optical comb. This scheme of wavelength synthesizing allows the measurement of absolute distances with a high precision that is traceable to the definition of time. The achievable wavelength uncertainty is $1.9{\times}10^{-10}$, which allows the absolute heights of gauge blocks to be determined with an overall calibration uncertainty of 15 nm (k = 1). These results demonstrate a successful industrial application of an optical frequency synthesis employing a femtosecond laser, a technique that offers many possibilities for performing precision length metrology that is traceable to the well-defined international definition of time.

Optical Analysis of Diffraction Grating and Fresnel Zone Plate Fabricated on Fused Silica Glass by a Femtosecond Laser (펨토초 레이저를 이용한 회절격자와 Fresnel Zone Plate 제작 및 광학적 분석)

  • Ryu, Jin-Chang;Kim, Jin-Tae;Sohn, Ik-Bu
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.18-26
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    • 2010
  • Diffraction gratings with precise spatial periods of 2 ${\mu}m$ and 5 ${\mu}m$ have been fabricated by using a femtosecond laser which does not have limits on materials of micromachining and small thermal effects due to high peak power. Diffraction angle and diffraction efficiency of those were measured. Simulation results of diffraction angle and diffraction efficiency of the diffraction grating calculated with the parameters such as line width, depth, and spatial period of the fabricated gratings were compared with experimental results measured with a He-Ne laser. Besides these, Fresnel Zone Plates (FZPs) with focal distances of 50 mm and 25 mm were fabricated and focal distances of fabricated FZP were measured. Those experimental results for diffraction gratings and FZPs match well with experimental results.

A study of fabrication of LIPSS using flat-top beam with various materials (다양한 재질에서의 flat-top 빔을 이용한 LIPSS 형성에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Jun-Ha;Choi, Won-Suk;Shin, Young-Gwan;Cho, Sung-Hak;Choi, Doo-Sun
    • Design & Manufacturing
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.26-31
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    • 2021
  • In this study, laser-induced periodic surface structure (LIPSS) was fabricated on Ni, Si, and GaAs samples using a flat-top beam with a uniform energy distribution that was fabricated using a Gaussian femtosecond laser with a mechanical slit and tube lens. Unlike the Gaussian beam, the flat-top beam has a uniform beam profile, therefore the center and the periphery of the fabricated LIPSS have similar line periodicity. In addition, LIPSS was obtained not only in metals but also in metalloids and metals and metalloid compounds by using the narrow pulse width characteristic of a femtosecond laser.