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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2014
Gentex Corporation, Zeeland, MI (US);
Kurtis L. Geerlings, Zeeland, MI (US);
Donald L. Bareman, Zeeland, MI (US);
Henry A. Luten, Holland, MI (US);
Niels A. Olesen, Zeeland, MI (US);
David J. Cammenga, Zeeland, MI (US);
GENTEX CORPORATION, Zeeland, MI (US);
Abstract
A laser system is configured to produce a distribution of self-focus damage volumes through the thickness of a substrate. A laser of the laser system produces a laser beam, and an optical assembly receives the laser beam and emits a conditioned laser beam having a geometric focal region. Placing the substrate in the path of the conditioned beam shifts the focal region to an effective focal region. The optical assembly and/or optical elements thereof can be configured such that the distribution of self-focus damage volumes is uniform over the thickness of the substrate by accounting for the non-linear effects of the substrate on the light that propagates through the substrate.