Descrizione del progetto Photonics Mostra l’obiettivo del progetto Nascondi l’obiettivo del progetto Although hardly visible in daily life, today precision laser micro-machining is employed in a broad and rapidly growing range of medical and industrial applications significantly affecting everybody's life. Short and ultrashort pulsed lasers enable producing structures with sub-micron accuracy, for example diesel injection nozzles which help reducing air pollution significantly when compared to nozzles made by conventional fabrication techniques. So far, most of the powerful industrial ultrafast laser sources are operating in the picosecond range, which is sufficient for precision micro-machining of metals. On the other hand, to achieve optimum precision in micro-machining of transparent materials like glass and ceramics, pulse durations in the order of 100 femtoseconds are required. Therefore, the main objective of the project is to demonstrate the feasibility of industrial high-average power ultrafast Ti:sapphire (Ti:Sa) lasers and their excellent qualification for demanding high-productivity precision laser mate-rial processing applications. To achieve the targeted high output powers, the thin-disk (TD) geometry shall be employed, which already enabled the efficient generation of up to 740 W of cw fundamental mode power from one Yb:YAG crystal. Symmetrical double-sided cooling with two transparent diamond heat spreaders shall be used to optimize the cooling of the thin Ti:Sa crystal. Within the project, two ultrafast Ti:Sa TD laser systems, one with chirped pulse amplification (CPA) to obtain high-energy pulses and the other without CPA for high repetition rates, both with a maximum average output power of at least 200 W at a pulse duration of well below 100 fs shall be demonstrated. The CPA system, comprising a multipass TD amplifier, shall achieve a pulse energy of 10 mJ at 20 kHz repetition rate. The multipass amplifier will be pumped by two nanosecond pulsed frequency-doubled solid-state lasers developed within the project which are operating at 532 nm with an average output power of 300 W each. The high-repetition rate system shall be a high-power TD oscillator with a pulse energy of 20 µJ at about 10 MHz. A commercial cw Yb:YAG TD laser with intracavity frequency doubling emitting about 500 W at 515 nm shall be used as pump source. To demonstrate the excellent qualification of the ultrafast oscillator for fast, ultra-precise micromachining of transparent materials, high-speed cutting of glass, e.g. Gorilla® glass, which is widely used for mobile phones and tablets, will be investigated as high-volume reference application. With the CPA system, which is especially well suited for ultra-precise drilling, the ultra-high aspect ratio percussion and single-shot drilling of transparent substrates shall be investigated. Other potential applications, including – but not limited to – large area precision volume structuring for microfluidics or integrated optics, enabled by the new powerful femtosecond sources will also be studied in the project. Campo scientifico engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringair pollution engineeringnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physicsultrafast lasersengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsmobile phonesnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physicspulsed lasersengineering and technologymaterials engineeringceramics Programma(i) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Argomento(i) ICT-2013.3.2 - Photonics Invito a presentare proposte FP7-ICT-2013-11 Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinatore UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART Contributo UE € 937 119,00 Indirizzo KEPLERSTRASSE 7 70174 Stuttgart Germania Mostra sulla mappa Regione Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart Stuttgart, Stadtkreis Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (7) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS Francia Contributo UE € 342 979,00 Indirizzo RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 75794 Paris Mostra sulla mappa Regione Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Tipo di attività Research Organisations Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato THALES OPTRONIQUE SAS Francia Contributo UE € 648 689,00 Indirizzo AVENUE GAY-LUSSAC 2 78990 ELANCOURT Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato ELEMENT SIX LIMITED Regno Unito Contributo UE € 447 159,00 Indirizzo KINGS RIDE PARK 2 SL5 8BP ASCOT Mostra sulla mappa Regione South East (England) Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Berkshire Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato KITE INNOVATION (EUROPE) LIMITED Regno Unito Contributo UE € 58 610,00 Indirizzo 3M BUCKLEY INNOVATION CENTRE HD1 3BD Huddersfield Mostra sulla mappa Regione Yorkshire and the Humber West Yorkshire Calderdale and Kirklees Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato OXFORD LASERS LIMITED Regno Unito Contributo UE € 341 518,00 Indirizzo MOORBROOK PARK UNIT 8 OX11 7HP DIDCOT Mostra sulla mappa Regione South East (England) Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Oxfordshire Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato M-SQUARED LASERS LIMITED Regno Unito Contributo UE € 263 286,00 Indirizzo VENTURE BUILDING 1 KELVIN CAMPUS MARYHILL ROAD WEST OF SCOTLAND SCIENCE PARK G20 0SP Glasgow Mostra sulla mappa Regione Scotland West Central Scotland Glasgow City Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato UNIVERSITE DE FRANCHE-COMTE Francia Contributo UE € 90 640,00 Indirizzo 1 RUE CLAUDE GOUDIMEL 25000 Besancon Mostra sulla mappa Regione Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Franche-Comté Doubs Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato