Acquisition of a Diode-Pumped Solid-State Laser for MicroFabrication Research

获取用于微加工研究的二极管泵浦固体激光器

• 批准号: 0828331
• 负责人: David Willis
• 金额: $ 3.4万
• 依托单位: Southern Methodist University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-08-01 至 2009-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0828331&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Acquisition; Diode; Pumped; Solid; State

Proposal Title: Acquisition of a Diode-Pumped Solid-State Laser for MicroFabrication ResearchPrincipal Investigator: Willis, David A.Institution: Southern Methodist UniversityProposal No: CBET-0828331AbstractThis NSF grant funds the acquisition of a laser that will be utilized for laser-assisted microfabrication research. Laser-assisted microfabrication is a group of technologies that uses a laser as a heat source for directly manipulating matter to generate small structures. Structures with dimensions measured in micrometers (one-millionth of a meter) may be fabricated by these techniques. In some cases, structures with nanometer-scale (one-billionth of a meter) features can be generated. Potential industrial applications of laser microfabrication include electronic and optical device fabrication and manufacturing of biomedical devices. The laser will be part of the Laser Micromachining Laboratory at Southern Methodist University (SMU), where it will be used for fundamental and applied studies of laser micromachining, laser texturing, and materials deposition. The broader impacts of this research are enhancement of the research infrastructure at SMU and education of undergraduate and graduate students. The enhancement of infrastructure is significant, since the Laser Micromachining Laboratory does not have a laser with the capabilities of the laser acquired by this grant. The laser will increase the types of materials that can be processed, increase the speed at which experiments are performed, and decrease the minimum structure size the can be fabricated. Since research in the Laser Micromachining Laboratory is performed by graduate and undergraduates, students at all educational levels in the Mechanical Engineering Department will receive training on this laser. Additionally, undergraduate students participating in the NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site in the Department of Mechanical Engineering will gain experience with the laser. The intellectual merit of the research is the diverse array of fundamental research in laser-material interactions that will be openly disseminated to the public through scientific literature, including laser microfabrication, laser-material interactions, laser micromachining, laser-based materials deposition, and laser texturing. The research is transformative in that the laser will be used to study new ways of manufacturing at the micro- and nanoscale. Laser-based microfabrication techniques use fewer manufacturing steps than other methods, potentially changing the way manufacturing is performed at the micro- and nanoscale.

提案标题：收购用于微加工研究的二极管泵浦固态激光器首席研究员：Willis，大卫A.机构： 南方卫理公会大学提案编号： CBET-0828331摘要该NSF赠款资助购买一台激光器，将用于激光辅助微加工研究。 激光辅助微细加工是一组使用激光作为热源直接操纵物质以产生小结构的技术。 可以通过这些技术制造具有以微米（百万分之一米）测量的尺寸的结构。 在某些情况下，可以生成具有纳米级（十亿分之一米）特征的结构。 激光微加工的潜在工业应用包括电子和光学器件制造以及生物医学器件的制造。 该激光器将成为南卫理公会大学（SMU）激光微加工实验室的一部分，在那里它将用于激光微加工，激光纹理和材料沉积的基础和应用研究。 这项研究的更广泛的影响是加强SMU的研究基础设施和本科生和研究生的教育。 基础设施的增强是重要的，因为激光微加工实验室没有一个激光器的激光器的能力获得了这笔赠款。 激光将增加可以加工的材料类型，提高实验速度，并降低可以制造的最小结构尺寸。 由于激光微加工实验室的研究是由研究生和本科生进行的，机械工程系所有教育水平的学生都将接受这种激光的培训。 此外，参加NSF资助的机械工程系本科生研究经验的本科生将获得激光经验。 该研究的智力价值是激光-材料相互作用的各种基础研究，这些研究将通过科学文献公开向公众传播，包括激光微加工，激光-材料相互作用，激光微加工，基于激光的材料沉积和激光纹理。 这项研究具有变革性，因为激光将用于研究微米和纳米级的新制造方法。 基于激光的微加工技术比其他方法使用更少的制造步骤，可能会改变在微米和纳米级进行制造的方式。