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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2008
Ryugo Oba, Ota-Ku, JP;
Hiroshi Morikazu, Ota-ku, JP;
Ryugo Oba, Ota-Ku, JP;
Hiroshi Morikazu, Ota-ku, JP;
Disco Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A laser beam machining apparatus including a laser beam irradiation unit, the laser beam irradiation unit including: a laser beam oscillator for oscillating a laser beam; a beam splitter by which the laser beam oscillated by the laser beam oscillator is split into a first laser beam and a second laser beam; a rotary half-wave plate disposed between the laser beam oscillator and the beam splitter; a condenser lens disposed in a first optical path for guiding the first laser beam split by the beam splitter; a first reflecting mirror disposed in a second optical path for guiding the second laser beam split by the beam splitter; a first quarter-wave plate disposed between the beam splitter and the first reflecting mirror; a second reflecting mirror disposed in a third optical path for splitting thereinto the second laser beam returned to the beam splitter through the second optical path; a second quarter-wave plate disposed between the beam splitter and the second reflecting mirror; and a cylindrical lens disposed between the beam splitter and the second quarter-wave plate.