Drilling ceramic using laser energy allows for fast drilling while having precise control of heat, hole placement, and hole quality. Drilling can create through-holes or partial holes for texturing or micromachining requirements. Micro drilling is possible when using short wavelength laser sources giving the ability to drill holes with diameters down to 10’s of microns.

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Many different types of lasers can be used to drill ceramic. Depending on the requirements for hole size, hole shape, edge quality, taper, and speed, different laser wavelengths (from far IR through UV) and different laser pulse durations (microsecond through femtosecond) have different advantages.

• CO2 Lasers(far IR wavelengths) are typically used in applications where speed is the most important factor. In addition to the standard 10.6um wavelength, CMS also has 9.4um and 10.2um CO2 lasers available to test.
• Fiber lasers（附近IR波长）也有时用于使用高峰电源光纤激光器钻孔。取决于陶瓷的类型和纯度，光纤激光波长可以与材料相吻合。应用工程师可以测试陶瓷，以确定使用光纤激光器是否是可行的选择。
• Frequency Tripled Diode Lasers(UV wavelength with nanosecond pulse durations) can be used to drill holes with a “cold cutting process” that reduces the heat put into the part. The UV wavelength couples well with most ceramic and allows for micro-drilling of holes down to 10’s of microns across.
• Femtosecond Lasersare a fourth option for drilling. The ultrashort pulse duration of these lasers gives high peak power in each pulse resulting in faster ablation of the ceramic and virtually no heat effect to the part. These lasers are the most expensive option but can be used in cases of extreme precision such as drilling for medical device manufacturing.