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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2005
Alan J. Hunt, Plymouth, MI (US);
Gerald Mourou, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ajit P. Joglekar, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Edgar Meyhofer, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
John A. Nees, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Greg Spooner, Kensington, CA (US);
Alan J. Hunt, Plymouth, MI (US);
Gerald Mourou, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ajit P. Joglekar, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Edgar Meyhofer, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
John A. Nees, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Greg Spooner, Kensington, CA (US);
The Regents Of The University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
Here is presented a versatile technique for machining of nanometer-scale features using tightly-focused ultrashort laser pulses. By the invention, the size of features can be reduced far below the wavelength of light, thus enabling nanomachining of a wide range of materials. The features may be extremely small (<20 nm) and are highly reproducible.