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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
May. 06, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ulla Trinks, Mitterteich, DE;
André Witzmann, Waldershof, DE;
Assignee:
Schott Glas, Mainz, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 2/600 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 2/600 ;
Abstract
In an apparatus and a method for marking glass with a laser, the glass is first brought to a temperature above the transformation temperature of the glass. The glass is then acted upon by a laser pulse which produces a mark on the surface of the glass. The peak power of the laser pulse is preferably selected so that it is merely a thermal interaction with the glass surface which occurs. This has the advantage that the material properties of the marked glass remain unchanged compared with the unmarked product.