WO2010024320A1 - 収差補正方法、この収差補正方法を用いたレーザ加工方法、この収差補正方法を用いたレーザ照射方法、収差補正装置、及び、収差補正プログラム - Google Patents
収差補正方法、この収差補正方法を用いたレーザ加工方法、この収差補正方法を用いたレーザ照射方法、収差補正装置、及び、収差補正プログラム Download PDFInfo
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- the present invention relates to an aberration correction method for correcting aberration of a laser irradiation apparatus, a laser processing method using the aberration correction method, a laser irradiation method using the aberration correction method, an aberration correction apparatus, and an aberration correction program. is there.
- Laser irradiation devices are used in various optical devices such as laser processing devices and microscopes.
- Some laser processing apparatuses using this laser irradiation apparatus include a spatial light modulator (hereinafter referred to as SLM).
- SLM spatial light modulator
- Patent Documents 1 to 5 listed below disclose laser processing apparatuses including an SLM.
- the laser processing apparatus described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 uses an SLM to control the irradiation position of the laser light on the object to be processed, and the laser processing apparatus described in Patent Document 3 uses the SLM to emit laser light. Is controlling.
- the laser processing apparatus described in Patent Document 4 has means for measuring the distortion of the wavefront of the laser light, and corrects the measured wavefront distortion using the SLM.
- this method requires a means for measuring wavefront distortion, which complicates the optical system and has problems that it cannot be applied to applications that cannot measure wavefront distortion, such as laser processing.
- Patent Document 5 describes a problem that aberration occurs when laser light is collected on a transparent medium, and a processing point becomes longer in the depth direction.
- the laser processing apparatus described in Patent Document 5 The processing position is controlled by positively utilizing the chromatic aberration caused by dispersion of the medium and the optical path change due to the wavelength of the diffraction element, and adjusting the intensity of each light source wavelength.
- Patent Document 6 describes a method of correcting aberration by giving a phase distribution opposite to known aberration to incident light with a wavefront control element such as SLM.
- a wavefront control element such as SLM.
- the spherical aberration generated by inserting a parallel plane substrate into the optical system is analytically obtained under paraxial approximation.
- Condensing laser light on a transparent medium is equivalent to inserting a plane-parallel substrate into the optical system, so the result described in Non-Patent Document 1 is treated as a known aberration in the method of Patent Document 6.
- this method has a problem that it cannot be applied when the laser irradiation position on the medium is deep because the phase range of the phase distribution opposite to the aberration becomes larger than the performance of the wavefront control element. Further, there is a problem that an accurate laser irradiation position cannot be obtained.
- the laser processing apparatus can perform further fine processing.
- the condensing point is as small as possible.
- the condensing region is expanded due to aberration, and it becomes difficult to maintain a good processing state.
- the present invention uses an aberration correction method capable of increasing the degree of condensing of laser light even when the laser irradiation position on the medium is deep, a laser processing method using this aberration correction method, and this aberration correction method. It is an object to provide a laser irradiation method, an aberration correction apparatus, and an aberration correction program.
- the inventors of the present invention have obtained a wavefront PV (peak tovalley) value for correcting laser light when the laser irradiation position on the medium becomes deeper (the PV value is the maximum and minimum values of wavefront aberration). It is the difference between the two values and corresponds to the magnitude of the phase modulation amount.) And the performance of elements that control the wavefront, such as a spatial light modulator, is exceeded. It was.
- Spatial light modulators that can control the wavefront include phase modulation spatial light modulators that apply voltages to independent pixels, and variable mirrors that deform film mirrors with actuators. In general, the phase modulation range that can be physically applied by a phase modulation spatial light modulator that applies a voltage to independent pixels is about 2 ⁇ to 6 ⁇ .
- phase modulation range This range is called a physical phase modulation range.
- an effective phase modulation range can be expanded to several tens of wavelengths by using a phase folding technique (Phase wrapping).
- the effective phase modulation range expanded by the phase folding technique is referred to as an effective phase modulation range.
- the phase folding technique is a technique for folding a phase distribution having a value exceeding the physical phase modulation range into the physical phase modulation range by utilizing the fact that the phases 0 and 2n ⁇ (n is an integer) are the same value. .
- the phase folding technique cannot be applied if the difference in phase modulation amount between adjacent pixels in the spatial light modulator exceeds the physical phase modulation range.
- the difference in phase modulation amount between adjacent pixels in the spatial light modulator exceeds the physical phase modulation range, the wavefront for correcting the aberration cannot be fully reproduced, the light collection degree is reduced, and the good Processing was difficult.
- the physical phase modulation range is larger than the phase modulation type spatial light modulator that applies voltage to independent pixels, but there is still a limit to the phase range that can be modulated. If the laser irradiation position becomes deep, the aberration cannot be corrected sufficiently.
- the variable mirror only the spatial distribution that is spatially continuous can be modulated, and the phase folding technique cannot be applied, so that the physical phase modulation range is equal to the effective phase modulation range.
- the inventors of the present application determined that the position of the condensing point of the laser beam after correction in the optical axis direction is the position of the converging point of the paraxial light beam before correction and the position of the outermost edge light beam before correction.
- the aberration of the laser beam is corrected so as to be in the range between the position of the light spot in the optical axis direction, that is, in the range where the longitudinal aberration exists in the medium, the PV value of wavefront modulation to be given for aberration correction Has been found to be reduced.
- a wavefront modulation pattern for correcting aberrations before applying phase folding is referred to as a corrected wavefront
- a pattern to which phase folding is applied is referred to as an aberration correcting phase pattern.
- the condensing point of the laser light is between the aberration ranges generated in the medium.
- the aberration of the laser beam is corrected so as to be positioned.
- the fact that the condensing point of the laser light is located between the aberration ranges generated in the medium means that the laser beams are located in a range where the longitudinal aberration exists in the medium when the aberration is not corrected.
- the condensing point of the laser beam is positioned between the aberration range generated inside the medium, that is, between the range where the longitudinal aberration exists inside the medium when the aberration is not corrected. Since the aberration of the laser beam is corrected so as to be located at, the PV value of the wavefront can be reduced. As a result, even if a spatial light modulator with limited phase modulation amount is used, reducing the phase modulation amount for aberration correction reduces the burden on the spatial light modulator and enables highly accurate wavefront control. To do. As a result, even when the laser irradiation position with respect to the medium is deep, the degree of condensing of the laser light can be increased, and a good processing state can be maintained.
- the laser irradiation apparatus described above includes a condensing unit for condensing the laser beam inside the medium, where the refractive index of the medium is n and the refractive index n of the medium is equal to the refractive index of the condensing unit atmosphere medium.
- the depth from the incident surface of the medium to the focal point of the condensing means (hereinafter referred to as medium movement amount) is defined as d and the maximum value of longitudinal aberration generated by the medium is defined as ⁇ s
- the above-described longitudinal aberration is defined.
- the range is generally not less than n ⁇ d and not more than n ⁇ d + ⁇ s from the incident surface of the medium.
- the condensing point of the laser beam is larger than n ⁇ d and smaller than n ⁇ d + ⁇ s from the incident surface of the medium. It is characterized in that the aberration of the laser beam is corrected so as to be located in the position.
- the laser irradiation apparatus described above includes a condensing lens for condensing the laser light inside the medium and a spatial light modulator for correcting the aberration of the laser light.
- the phase difference between the phase modulation amount at an arbitrary pixel on the spatial light modulator corresponding to the incident portion of the condenser lens and the phase modulation amount at a pixel adjacent to the pixel is equal to or less than the phase range to which the phase folding technique can be applied. It is characterized by being.
- the aberration correction method described above is characterized in that the condensing point of the laser beam is set so that the phase value of the correction wavefront has a maximum point and a minimum point.
- the PV value of the correction wavefront can be reduced by setting the condensing point so that the phase value of the correction wavefront has a maximum point and a minimum point.
- the laser processing method of the present invention includes a light source that generates laser light, a spatial light modulator that modulates the phase of the laser light from the light source, and a processing position within the workpiece that is subjected to laser light from the spatial light modulator.
- a processing position within the processing target is set, and when the processing position does not correct the aberration, longitudinal aberration is generated inside the processing target.
- the processing position is set so as to be located in a range where longitudinal aberration exists in the processing object when the aberration is not corrected, and a laser is applied to the processing position by the spatial light modulator. Since the aberration of the laser beam is corrected so that the light condensing point is located, the PV value of the wavefront can be reduced. As a result, even if a spatial light modulator with limited phase modulation amount is used, reducing the phase modulation amount for aberration correction reduces the burden on the spatial light modulator and enables highly accurate wavefront control. To do. As a result, even when the laser irradiation position on the object to be processed is deep, it is possible to increase the degree of laser beam condensing and maintain a good processing state.
- the laser irradiation method of the present invention includes a light source that generates laser light, a spatial light modulator that modulates the phase of the laser light from the light source,
- a laser irradiation method of an in-medium laser condensing device including a condensing lens for condensing at a condensing position the condensing position in the medium is set, and the condensing position does not correct the aberration.
- the relative movement of the medium is set so that it is located in the range where longitudinal aberration exists, and the correction wavefront is calculated so that the laser beam is condensed at the condensing position and displayed on the spatial light modulator.
- the condensing position is relatively moved so that the distance between the medium and the condensing lens becomes a relative movement amount, and the condensing position in the medium is irradiated with the laser light from the light source.
- the condensing position is set so as to be located in a range where longitudinal aberration exists inside the medium when the aberration is not corrected, and the laser is applied to the condensing position by the spatial light modulator. Since the aberration of the laser beam is corrected so that the light condensing point is located, the PV value of the wavefront can be reduced. As a result, even if a spatial light modulator with limited phase modulation amount is used, reducing the phase modulation amount for aberration correction reduces the burden on the spatial light modulator and enables highly accurate wavefront control. To do. As a result, even when the laser irradiation position with respect to the medium is deep, the degree of condensing of the laser light can be increased and a good condensing state can be maintained.
- the condensing point of the laser light does not correct the aberration.
- a first correction wavefront generation step for obtaining a distance (medium movement amount) from a plurality of medium surfaces respectively corresponding to a plurality of processing positions inside the medium to a position of a condensing point when there is no medium
- a plurality of corrections Higher order polynomial approximation of wavefront A second polynomial approximation step for obtaining a plurality of second high-order polynomials by performing each, and (d) a high-order polynomial
- the aberration correction apparatus of the present invention is an aberration correction apparatus for a laser irradiation apparatus that condenses a laser beam inside a light-transmitting medium.
- A The condensing point of the laser beam does not correct the aberration.
- a first correction wavefront generating means for obtaining a distance (medium movement amount) from a plurality of medium surfaces respectively corresponding to a plurality of processing positions inside the medium to a position of a condensing point when there is no medium
- a plurality of corrections High-order polynomial approximation of wavefront Second polynomial approximation means for obtaining a plurality of second high-order polynomials by performing this, and (d) high-order polynomial app
- An aberration correction program is a computer-aided aberration correction program for a laser irradiation apparatus that condenses laser light inside a light-transmitting medium.
- a correction wavefront for correcting the aberration of the laser beam so as to be located in a range in which longitudinal aberration exists in the medium when correction is not performed, and a plurality of wavefronts respectively corresponding to a plurality of processing positions in the medium
- First correction wavefront generation means for determining the correction wavefront and the distance (medium movement amount) from the plurality of medium surfaces corresponding to the plurality of processing positions inside the medium to the position of the condensing point when there is no medium;
- first polynomial approximation means for obtaining a first higher-order polynomial by performing higher-order polynomial approximation of the distance from the surface of a plurality of media to the position of the condensing point when there is no medium, and
- Storage means for storing a coefficient of a term, a coefficient of a plurality of degree terms in a plurality of third high-order polynomials, (f) a coefficient of a plurality of degree terms in the first high-order polynomial, and a first high-order polynomial Using the polynomial, the coefficients of the plurality of degree terms in the plurality of third high-order polynomials, and the plurality of third high-order polynomials, the second of the arbitrary machining positions corresponding to the plurality of second high-order polynomials Find a high-order polynomial and find the second high-order polynomial
- a second correction wavefront generation means for obtaining a correction wavefront of the arbitrary processing position by using, to function as a.
- the condensing point of the laser beam is located between the range where the longitudinal aberration exists in the medium when the aberration is not corrected.
- a correction wavefront for correcting the aberration of the laser beam is obtained in advance, and a correction wavefront at an arbitrary machining position is obtained using an approximate expression by high-order polynomial approximation of the correction wavefront.
- phase modulation amount for aberration correction reduces the burden on the spatial light modulator and enables highly accurate wavefront control. To do.
- the degree of condensing of the laser light can be increased, and a good processing state can be maintained.
- the shape and size of the aberration differ depending on the condensing position, in the processing for changing the processing depth (processing position), it is necessary to obtain the correction wavefront every time, and the calculation time is long.
- a multiple search is performed for a plurality of parameters. Therefore, it was necessary to derive an appropriate value, and a lot of calculation time was required.
- the machining rate is lowered by the search process during machining.
- correction wavefronts for a plurality of machining positions are obtained in advance, and high-order polynomial approximation of these correction wavefronts is performed.
- An appropriate correction wavefront can be obtained simply by performing a calculation using this approximate expression. As a result, it is possible to shorten the time for obtaining the correction wavefront when changing the processing depth, and to reduce the processing rate. Also, an appropriate correction wavefront can be obtained for any machining position different from the machining position actually obtained by the above-described search process.
- the aberration correction method of the present invention in the aberration correction method of the light irradiation apparatus for condensing the irradiation light inside the light-transmitting medium, when the condensing point of the irradiation light does not correct the aberration, It is characterized in that the aberration of the irradiation light is corrected so as to be positioned within a range where the longitudinal aberration exists inside the medium.
- the aberration of the irradiation light is corrected so that the condensing point of the irradiation light is located between the longitudinal aberration existing in the medium when the aberration is not corrected.
- PV value can be reduced.
- reducing the phase modulation amount for aberration correction reduces the burden on the spatial light modulator and enables highly accurate wavefront control. To do.
- the present invention even when the laser irradiation position on the medium is deep, it is possible to increase the degree of condensing of the laser light.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a laser processing apparatus (laser irradiation apparatus, laser condensing apparatus) according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an optical path of laser light when a parallel plane is inserted into the condensing optical system.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an optical path of laser light when the focal point is inside the parallel plane.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the phase modulation amount of the correction wavefront in the condensing optical system shown in FIG.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an optical path of laser light for explaining the aberration correction method, laser processing method, and laser irradiation method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a laser processing apparatus (laser irradiation apparatus, laser condensing apparatus) according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an optical path of laser light when a parallel plane is inserted into the condensing optical system.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the amount of phase modulation of the correction wavefront in the condensing optical system shown in FIG.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the procedures of the aberration correction method, laser processing method, and laser irradiation method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 shows the measurement result of the light collection state on the workpiece using the aberration correction method of the first embodiment.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a laser processing apparatus (laser irradiation apparatus, laser condensing apparatus) according to the second embodiment and an aberration correction apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the phase modulation amounts of a plurality of correction wavefronts generated by the first correction wavefront generation means.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the phase modulation amounts of a plurality of correction wavefronts generated by the first correction wavefront generation means.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a plurality of second higher-order polynomials obtained by the second polynomial approximation means.
- FIG. 12 is a graph showing a plurality of coefficient sequences made up of coefficients of the same order terms in the plurality of second higher-order polynomials shown in FIG.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a plurality of third higher order polynomials obtained by the third polynomial approximation means.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram showing coefficient data sets stored in the storage means, which are coefficients of a plurality of degree terms in the plurality of third high-order polynomials shown in FIG. 13 and coefficient sequences in the first high-order polynomial. It is.
- FIG. 12 is a graph showing a plurality of coefficient sequences made up of coefficients of the same order terms in the plurality of second higher-order polynomials shown in FIG.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a plurality of third higher order polynomials obtained by the third
- FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an aberration correction method according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram showing the configuration of an aberration correction program according to the embodiment of the present invention, together with a recording medium.
- FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of a computer for executing a program recorded on a recording medium.
- FIG. 18 is a perspective view of a computer for executing a program stored in a recording medium.
- FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a configuration of an aberration correction apparatus and a laser processing apparatus according to a modification of the present invention.
- FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a configuration of an aberration correction apparatus and a laser processing apparatus according to a modification of the present invention.
- FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating the amount of phase modulation of the correction wavefront according to the aberration correction method of the second embodiment.
- FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating a measurement result of a light collection state on the object to be processed using the correction wavefront illustrated in FIG.
- FIG. 23 shows an observation result of the cut surface of the workpiece 60 cut after the conventional laser processing.
- FIG. 24 shows the observation result of the cut surface of the workpiece 60 cut after laser processing using the aberration correction method of the first embodiment.
- FIG. 25 is an observation result of the cut surface of the workpiece 60 cut after laser processing using the aberration correction method of the second embodiment.
- FIG. 26 is a diagram showing an example of a light irradiation apparatus using the aberration correction method of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a laser processing apparatus (laser irradiation apparatus, laser condensing apparatus) according to the first embodiment.
- a laser processing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a light source 10, a lens 20, a mirror 30, a spatial light modulator (hereinafter referred to as SLM) 40, and an objective lens (condensing means, condensing lens) 50.
- FIG. 1 shows a workpiece 60 and a measurement system 70 for measuring the laser beam condensing state on the workpiece 60.
- the light source 10 outputs a laser beam.
- the lens 20 is a collimating lens, for example, and converts the laser light from the light source 10 into parallel light.
- the mirror 30 reflects the laser light from the lens 20 toward the SLM 40 and reflects the laser light from the SLM 40 toward the objective lens 50.
- the SLM 40 is, for example, an LCOS-SLM (Liquid Crystal Crystal on Silicon Silicon-Spatial Light Modulator), which modulates the phase of the laser light from the mirror 30.
- the objective lens 50 condenses the laser light from the mirror 30 and emits it to the workpiece 60.
- the condensing state of the laser beam on the workpiece 60 can be measured by the measurement system 70.
- the measurement system 70 has a CCD camera and an objective lens.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an optical path of laser light when a parallel plane is inserted into the condensing optical system.
- a medium 60 having a light transmission property in a parallel plane is inserted into the condensing optical system by the condensing lens 50, the focal point is shifted from O to O ′ by ⁇ .
- the defocus value ⁇ varies depending on the incident height H of the light incident on the condenser lens 50.
- spherical light aberration occurs due to the difference in the focal point position depending on the incident light.
- the amount of deviation in the optical axis direction from the converging position of the paraxial light beam becomes spherical aberration expressed by longitudinal aberration (longitudinal spherical aberration), and the aberration is greatest in the outermost light beam.
- the maximum value ⁇ s of longitudinal aberration at this time is expressed by the following equation (1) using the equation (14-4) described in Section 14-2 of Non-Patent Document 1.
- n Refractive index of the atmospheric medium in the condensing optical system
- n ′ Refractive index of the medium 60 d ′: Thickness ⁇ of the medium 60 max : The incident angle ⁇ of the laser beam with respect to the medium 60, and the outermost edge of this laser beam
- longitudinal aberration (longitudinal aberration) may be expressed as longitudinal aberration, longitudinal ray aberration (longitudinal ray aberration), or longitudinal error (longitudinal error).
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an optical path of laser light when the condensing point is inside the parallel plane.
- the focal point O by the condensing lens 50 is inside the medium 60 having parallel plane light transmittance, the focal point is shifted from O to O ′ by ⁇ . Since the defocus value ⁇ varies depending on the incident height H of light incident on the condenser lens 50, spherical aberration occurs.
- the maximum value ⁇ s of longitudinal aberration at this time is expressed by the following equation (2) by modifying the equation (14-3) described in Section 14-2 of Non-Patent Document 1.
- n ′ Refractive index of the medium 60
- d Medium movement amount
- ⁇ max Incident angle ⁇ of the laser light with respect to the medium 60, and an incident angle of the outermost ray of the laser light
- the wavefront before focusing that is, the wavefront incident on the condenser lens 50 is changed to the wavefront aberration E of the above formula (3).
- the wavefront may be opposite to (h).
- an aberration correction phase pattern of the SLM 40 may be obtained by applying phase folding to the wavefront opposite to the wavefront aberration E (h) of the above formula (3).
- the maximum value ⁇ s of the longitudinal aberration is expressed by the amount of deviation of the condensing position from the paraxial ray, the corrected condensing point generally coincides with the converging position of the paraxial ray before correction. It will be. However, since the aberration is approximated, an accurate condensing position cannot be obtained.
- the laser wavelength is 660 nm
- the corrected condensing depth is approximately the medium movement amount d ⁇ refractive index n ′, which is 1.34 mm from the medium surface.
- the correction wavefront at this time is a correction pattern as shown in FIG. 4, and the phase modulation amount of the correction wavefront is 600 radian or more.
- the processing position O ′ by the laser processing apparatus 1 becomes deeper, the spherical aberration ⁇ s increases, so that the phase modulation amount of the correction wavefront becomes enormous, the resolution of the SLM 40 becomes insufficient, and it becomes difficult to correct the aberration.
- the opposite phase distribution is given to the wavefront control element, and the condensing point of the light beam for each incident height is set at the position of medium movement amount d ⁇ refractive index n ′.
- the correction to be returned that is, in the correction that is most closely matched to the condenser lens 50 side in the range of the longitudinal aberration generated in the workpiece 60, it is difficult to correct the aberration.
- the condensing point of the laser light is positioned between the aberration range generated inside the processing object 60. That is, the aberration of the laser beam is corrected so that the aberration is located in a range where the longitudinal aberration exists in the workpiece 60 when the aberration is not corrected.
- the condensing point of the laser beam is between the condensing position in the depth direction of the light beam on the optical axis when the aberration is not corrected and the condensing position in the depth direction of the outermost light beam when the aberration is not corrected.
- the aberration of the laser beam is corrected so as to be located between the ranges.
- the correction wavefront is calculated from the optical path length difference of each light beam. That is, as described in Patent Document 6, it is assumed that aberrations are not obtained and the opposite phase distribution is given, but it is assumed that all rays incident on the condenser lens 50 are collected at one point, and a correction wavefront is calculated by inverse ray tracing. To do. At that time, by setting the medium movement amount d to an appropriate value, the PV value of the correction wavefront is reduced, and the aberration at a deep position in the spatial light modulator in which the physical or effective phase modulation range is limited. Correction becomes possible. Furthermore, an accurate light collection depth can be determined.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an optical path of laser light for explaining the aberration correction method, laser processing method, and laser irradiation method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- the incident angle of the light beam before wavefront correction to the workpiece 60 is ⁇
- the incident angle of the light beam after wavefront correction to the workpiece 60 is ⁇ 1
- the refraction angle is ⁇ 2
- the heights h 1 , h 2 , and h of the optical axis are expressed by the following formulas (4), (5), and (6), respectively.
- the optical path of the laser beam to the workpiece 60 is different from the optical path before wavefront correction.
- a search may be performed to obtain ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 2 for a specific ⁇ . For example, by gradually changing the value of theta 1 or theta 2, in each case theta determined, until the desired the theta theta 1 or theta 2 is obtained, it may be searched by varying the theta 1 or theta 2 .
- an optical path difference OPD optical path difference
- ⁇ f ⁇ (n ⁇ 1) ⁇ d ⁇ ” in the equation (7) is a constant term, which is a term added to prevent the OPD value from becoming too large.
- the amount of phase modulation for correcting spherical aberration is reduced.
- an appropriate defocus value ⁇ is obtained, for example, by the search described above.
- the defocus value ⁇ is set to an initial value n ⁇ dd and gradually changed to obtain OPD ( ⁇ ) each time, and OPD ( ⁇ ) in the range of ⁇ max ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ max is obtained. What is necessary is just to change (DELTA) gradually until it becomes a desired shape.
- the condensing depth (processing position) d + ⁇ which is a fixed value, is hereinafter denoted as D.
- the phase difference between the phase modulation amount at an arbitrary pixel on the SLM 40 corresponding to the incident portion of the condenser lens 50 and the phase modulation amount at a pixel adjacent to the pixel is equal to or smaller than the physical phase modulation amount.
- the condensing point shift amount ⁇ and the moving amount d are determined. It is assumed that the shift amount ⁇ of the laser beam after correction satisfies 0 ⁇ ⁇ s.
- the condensing point of the laser light is n It is located at a position larger than xd and smaller than n * d + ⁇ s, that is, between the longitudinal aberration ranges of n ⁇ d to n ⁇ d + ⁇ s.
- the phase difference between the phase modulation amount in an arbitrary pixel on the SLM 40 corresponding to the incident portion of the condenser lens 50 and the phase modulation amount in a pixel adjacent to this pixel is equal to or less than the physical phase modulation amount.
- this search condition is ambiguous and a plurality of ⁇ can be solutions.
- the determination may be made based on more specific search conditions. For example, ⁇ may be determined so that the PV value of OPD ( ⁇ ) in the range of ⁇ max ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ max is minimized.
- ⁇ may be determined so that the absolute value of the differential value of OPD ( ⁇ ) in the range of ⁇ max ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ max is minimized.
- both of the two conditions mentioned in the example are such that the phase difference between the phase modulation amount in an arbitrary pixel on the first SLM 40 and the phase modulation amount in a pixel adjacent to this pixel is equal to or less than the physical phase modulation amount. It is a condition that is included in or almost equal.
- search condition other than “the RMS (Root Mean Square) value of OPD ( ⁇ ) is minimized” or “medium movement amount d is a specific function having the concentration depth D as a variable.
- Various things such as “represented by” can be considered.
- the laser wavelength is 660 nm
- ⁇ when searching so that the PV value of OPD ( ⁇ ) is minimized is 0.53 mm
- the correction wavefront becomes a correction pattern as shown in FIG.
- the modulation amount is reduced to about 70 radian.
- the phase value of the correction wavefront has a maximum point at the position 0 mm, that is, at the optical axis position.
- the PV value of the correction wavefront can be reduced by setting the focal point so that the phase value of the correction wavefront has a maximum point and a minimum point.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the aberration correction method, laser processing method, and laser irradiation method of the first embodiment.
- a condensing point is set on the surface of the workpiece 60, and this position is set as the processing origin (step S01).
- a processing position (depth) inside the processing object 60 is set (step S02).
- the movement amount d of the workpiece 60 and the condensing point shift amount ⁇ are set.
- the machining position is within a range in which longitudinal aberration exists in the workpiece 60 when the aberration is not corrected (a range larger than n ⁇ d and smaller than n ⁇ d + ⁇ s from the incident surface of the workpiece 60).
- the moving amount d and the condensing point shift amount ⁇ of the workpiece 60 are set so as to be positioned (step S03).
- the movement amount d and the shift amount ⁇ are set to be equal to or less than the maximum modulation amount of the spatial light modulator (physical phase modulation range of the spatial light modulator).
- a correction wavefront is calculated so that the laser beam is focused on the processing position set in steps S02 and S03, and displayed on the SLM 40 (step S04).
- the workpiece 60 is moved by the movement amount d (step S05).
- the laser beam is irradiated to start processing.
- the laser beam is condensed at the set processing position by the correction wavefront of the SLM 40 (step S06).
- step S07 the laser beam irradiation is stopped. If there is another machining position, the process returns to step S02, and if not, the machining of the workpiece 60 is terminated (step S08).
- step S05 the relative position between the condensing optical system constituted by the SLM 40 and the condensing lens 50 and the processing object 60 may be changed, so that condensing is performed instead of the movement of the processing object 60.
- the lens 50 may be moved, or both may be moved. In the case where the condenser lens 50 is moved, when the entrance pupil of the condenser lens 50 and the SLM 40 are in an imaging relationship, it is necessary to move the SLM 40 in units of the condenser optical system, that is, the SLM 40.
- step S01 the processing origin is determined by once condensing the processing laser beam on the surface of the processing object 60. You may determine the relative position with a process target object.
- the wavefront shape is controlled using a phase modulation type spatial light modulator that applies a voltage to an independent pixel, but other spatial light modulators such as a variable mirror may be used.
- a spatial light modulator whose phase modulation range is not limited to a small range such as 2 ⁇ , such as a variable mirror, is used, the correction wavefront can be expressed as it is, so that the phase folding process can be omitted.
- the condensing point of the laser light is positioned between the aberration range generated inside the medium 60, that is, the aberration is not corrected. Since the aberration of the laser beam is corrected so as to be located between the longitudinal aberration ranges inside the medium 60, the PV value of the wavefront can be reduced. As a result, even when the SLM 40 having a limited phase modulation amount is used, by reducing the PV value of the correction wavefront, the burden on the SLM 40 is reduced and highly accurate wavefront control is enabled. As a result, even when the laser irradiation position with respect to the medium 60 is deep, the degree of condensing of the laser light can be increased, and a good processing state can be maintained.
- the condensing position in the medium (for example, the processing object) 60 that condenses the laser light is moved to a position where the PV value of the correction wavefront can be reduced, a simple method is possible. Thus, highly accurate wavefront control can be performed while reducing the burden on the SLM 40.
- the phase modulation amount in an arbitrary pixel on the SLM 40 corresponding to the incident portion of the condenser lens 50 is adjacent to this pixel.
- the phase difference from the phase modulation amount in the pixel is less than or equal to the phase range in which the phase folding technique can be applied by the SLM 40. Therefore, the burden on the SLM 40 with a limited physical phase modulation range is reduced, and highly accurate wavefront control is enabled.
- an accurate condensing position cannot be obtained with the approximation of aberration as in Patent Document 6, but an accurate condensing position can be obtained with the present invention.
- FIG. 8 shows the measurement result of the light collection state on the workpiece 60.
- FIG. 8A shows the measurement result of the condensing state before correction
- FIG. 8B shows the measurement result of the condensing state after correction of the first embodiment.
- the PV value of the correction wavefront is small, so that the aberration is sufficiently corrected. I understand that.
- FIGS. 23 and 24 show the observation results of the cut surface of the workpiece 60 cut after laser processing.
- the laser beam is irradiated from the direction Z, and the laser beam is scanned in the direction Y with respect to the workpiece 60 to form three modified layers 60a, 60b, and 60c. did.
- FIG. 23 shows a cut surface when the aberration correction method according to the first embodiment of the present invention is not used in laser processing, that is, laser light whose aberration is not sufficiently corrected as shown in FIG. This is a cut surface after laser processing.
- FIG. 24 shows a cut surface when the aberration correction method according to the first embodiment of the present invention is used in laser processing, that is, laser light with sufficiently corrected aberration as shown in FIG.
- FIG. 24 shows that since the aberration correction was sufficiently performed in the laser processing, the modified layers 60a, 60b, and 60c are uniform, and the laser processing is sufficiently performed.
- the laser processing apparatus 1 using the aberration correction method, laser processing method, and laser irradiation method of the first embodiment is suitably applied to internal processing of a material having a wavelength region with high transmittance, such as glass, silicon, and sapphire substrate. Is possible.
- a material having a wavelength region with high transmittance such as glass, silicon, and sapphire substrate.
- the spatial light modulator can correct aberrations and reduce the focal point, making good processing It becomes possible to maintain the state.
- the spherical aberration ⁇ s changes when the processing position O ′ shown in FIG. 5 changes. It is necessary to recalculate the correction wavefront according to equation (7), and the calculation time may be long.
- ⁇ 1 , ⁇ 2 , and ⁇ in the above equation (7) are difficult to obtain directly as described above, and by a search that repeatedly calculates the correction wavefront by gradually changing the value of ⁇ . Will be asked. Further, in each search with ⁇ changed, it is necessary to obtain the value of ⁇ or ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 2 in the above equation (7) by the search method described above. That is, it is a double search and may require a lot of calculation time.
- the processing rate may decrease due to search processing during processing.
- the inventors of the present application use the aberration correction method of the first embodiment, that is, using the above search, obtain an aberration correction wavefront having a small phase modulation amount in advance, and perform polynomial approximation of the aberration correction wavefront.
- the present inventors have found an aberration correction method for shortening the time by obtaining a correction wavefront at an arbitrary processing position using the approximate expression.
- an aberration correction method according to the second embodiment of the present invention for reducing time will be described.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration of a laser processing apparatus (laser irradiation apparatus, laser condensing apparatus) according to the second embodiment.
- a laser processing apparatus 1A shown in FIG. 9 is different from the laser processing apparatus 1 in that the laser processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment further includes a control unit 80 and an aberration correction apparatus 90 according to the embodiment of the present invention. .
- Other configurations of the laser processing apparatus 1A are the same as those of the laser processing apparatus 1.
- the control unit 80 receives the correction wavefront information from the aberration correction device 90 and controls the phase modulation amount of the SLM 40.
- the aberration correction device 90 is, for example, a computer, and by executing an aberration correction program to be described later, a first correction wavefront generation unit 91, a first polynomial approximation unit 92, a second polynomial approximation unit 93, The third polynomial approximation unit 94, the storage unit 95, and the second corrected wavefront generation unit 96 function.
- the first correction wavefront generation unit 91 receives the numerical aperture NA and focal length f determined by the objective lens 50 and the refractive index n determined by the medium of the workpiece 60.
- the first correction wavefront generation unit 91 has a plurality of machining positions (condensation depths) D 1 within and near the range of machining depth expected in advance in machining for changing the machining depth.
- D 2 ⁇ D p, subject to ⁇ D P.
- the number and interval of these condensing depths are set so that polynomial approximation described later can be performed with sufficient accuracy.
- the first correction wavefront generation unit 91 performs a plurality of machining positions D 1 , by searching using the above formula (7) and the above formulas (4) to (6) according to the aberration correction method of the first embodiment.
- D 2 ⁇ D p, the plurality of correction wavefronts and a plurality of medium movement amount corresponding respectively to the ⁇ D P d 1, d 2 , ⁇ d p, seek ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ d P. That is, the first correction wavefront generation unit 91 is located between the range where the longitudinal aberration exists in the medium when the condensing point of the laser light is not corrected, and the phase modulation amount of the correction wavefront is minimized.
- the first polynomial approximation unit 92 the data set d 1 of the medium movement distance, d 2, ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ d p, the ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ d P, with M next to polynomial as a variable desired condensing depth Approximate and obtain one first higher order polynomial (the following equation (8)).
- D is a desired light collection depth
- D d + ⁇ .
- a Qp consisting of the coefficients of the same order terms in these second higher-order polynomials, that is, the first-order coefficient sequences a 1p to FIG. 12 is a graph of the coefficient sequence a Qp of the Qth order term plotted against the medium movement amount d p .
- the third polynomial approximation unit 94 uses the K-th order powers with the movement amount d as a variable and the coefficient sequence a 1p to the Q-th term a Qp of the first-order terms in the plurality of second higher-order polynomials shown in FIG. Approximating with a polynomial, a plurality of third higher-order polynomials are obtained as shown in FIG.
- the storage unit 95 stores coefficients of a plurality of degree terms in the plurality of third higher order polynomials shown in FIG. 13, that is, a plurality of coefficients b 11 to b 1Q , b 21 to b 2Q of the first to Qth terms, ⁇ b k1 ⁇ b kQ, and ⁇ b K1 ⁇ b KQ, the coefficient sequence c 1, c 2 of the first high-order polynomial, ⁇ c q, ⁇ , a c Q in FIG. 14 As shown, it is stored as a coefficient data set.
- the second corrected wavefront generation unit 96 obtains the medium movement amount d with respect to an arbitrary condensing depth D using the coefficients c 1 to c Q in the coefficient data set and the first polynomial, and further calculates the coefficient b in the coefficient data set. 11 to b 1Q , b 21 to b 2Q ,... B k1 to b kQ ,... B K1 to b KQ , and a plurality of third higher-order polynomials shown in FIG.
- First-order term coefficients A 1 to Q-order term coefficients A Q of the second higher-order polynomial with respect to the light depth D are obtained, that is, arbitrary machining positions D corresponding to a plurality of second higher-order polynomials shown in FIG.
- the second higher-order polynomial is obtained (the following equation (9)).
- the second correction wavefront generation unit 96 obtains a correction wavefront at an arbitrary machining position d n + ⁇ using the second high-order polynomial in the above equation (9).
- polynomials composed of power terms from the first order to a specific order are used for the first to third polynomials, but polynomials of other structures may be used.
- a zero-order power term may be added to the first to third polynomials.
- a polynomial composed of even power terms may be used as the second polynomial.
- other functions such as a Zernike polynomial, a Gaussian function, a Lorentz function, or the like may be used.
- the medium movement amount d is used as a variable in the second and third polynomials
- the condensing depth (processing position) D and the condensing point shift amount ⁇ may be used as variables.
- the search condition is “the medium movement amount d is expressed by a specific function having the condensing depth D as a variable”, the function is used instead of the above equation (8).
- the polynomial approximation step 1 may be omitted.
- FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an aberration correction method according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- the numerical aperture NA and the focal length f determined by the objective lens 50 and the refractive index n determined by the object to be processed are input, and within the range of the processing depth expected in advance in the processing for changing the processing depth, and in the vicinity of this range a plurality of processing positions in (depth of the condenser) D 1, D 2, ⁇ D p, the ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ D P is input, by the first correction wavefront generation unit 91, a first embodiment
- a plurality of light collection depths D 1 , D 2 ,... D p are input, and within the range of the processing depth expected in advance in the processing for changing the processing depth, and in the vicinity of this range.
- a plurality of processing positions in (depth of the condenser) D 1, D 2, ⁇ D p, the ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ D P is input, by the first correction wavefront generation unit 91, a first embodiment
- a plurality of light collection depths D 1 , D 2 ,... D p are input, and within the
- a plurality of condensing depths D are set such that the condensing point of the laser light is located in a range where longitudinal aberration exists inside the medium when aberrations are not corrected, and the PV value of the correction wavefront is minimized.
- the first polynomial approximation unit 92 a plurality of medium movement distance d 1, d 2, ⁇ d p, ⁇ polynomial approximation a power of d P is performed, as shown in equation (8) Then, one first higher-order polynomial is obtained (S12: first polynomial approximation step).
- the second polynomial approximation unit 93 a phase modulation amount [Phi 1x of the plurality of correction wavefronts shown in FIG. 10, ⁇ 2x, ⁇ ⁇ px , ⁇ ⁇ polynomial approximation a power of Px is performed, respectively, As shown in FIG. 11, a plurality of second higher order polynomials are obtained.
- a Qp consisting of coefficients of the same order terms in these first higher-order polynomials, that is, the first-order term coefficient sequences a 1p to A coefficient sequence a Qp of the Qth order term is obtained (S13: second polynomial approximation step).
- the third polynomial approximation unit 94 performs power polynomial approximation of the coefficient sequence a 1p of the first-order term to the coefficient sequence a Qp of the Q-th order term in the plurality of second higher-order polynomials shown in FIG.
- a plurality of third higher-order polynomials having the movement amount d as a variable are obtained (S14: third polynomial approximation step).
- Coefficients of a plurality of degree terms in the plurality of third higher order polynomials that is, coefficients b 11 to b 1Q , b 21 to b 2Q ,... B k1 to b of a plurality of first to Qth terms.
- the coefficient data set is stored in the storage unit 95 (S15: storage step).
- the second correction wavefront generation unit 96 obtains the medium movement amount with respect to the desired concentration depth D and the coefficient of the second polynomial, A correction wavefront is calculated.
- coefficients c 1, c 2 in the coefficient data set, ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ c q, ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ , using c M and the first polynomial obtains the medium movement distance d with respect to any of the focusing depth D.
- the first-order term coefficient a 1p to the Q-th order term coefficient a Qp of the second higher-order polynomial at an arbitrary collection depth D are obtained, that is, as shown in FIG.
- a second high-order polynomial having an arbitrary concentration depth D corresponding to a plurality of second high-order polynomials is obtained in the form of equation (9).
- a correction wavefront at an arbitrary concentration depth D is obtained (S16: correction wavefront generation step).
- step S16 may be performed to generate a correction wavefront corresponding to the depth.
- the condition “so that the PV value of the correction wavefront is minimized” is used, but other conditions can be used. However, it is necessary that the correction wavefront and the medium movement amount are uniquely determined for one processing position and that the phase difference between adjacent pixels is equal to or less than the physical phase modulation amount.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a configuration of an aberration correction program according to the embodiment of the present invention, together with a recording medium.
- the aberration correction program P100 is provided by being stored in the recording medium 100.
- the recording medium 100 include a recording medium such as a floppy disk, CD-ROM, DVD, or ROM, or a semiconductor memory.
- FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a computer for executing a program recorded in a recording medium
- FIG. 18 is a perspective view of the computer for executing a program stored in the recording medium.
- a computer 200 includes a reading device 202 such as a floppy disk drive device, a CD-ROM drive device, a DVD drive device, a working memory (RAM) 204 in which an operating system is resident, and a recording medium 100.
- a memory 206 for storing the program stored in the memory, a display device 208 such as a display, a mouse 210 and a keyboard 212 as input devices, a communication device 214 for transmitting and receiving data and the like, and a CPU 216 for controlling execution of the program And.
- the computer 200 can access the aberration correction program P100 stored in the recording medium 100 from the reading device 202, and the aberration correction program P100 can be used as the aberration correction device 90. It becomes possible to operate.
- the aberration correction program P100 may be provided via a network as a computer data signal 220 superimposed on a carrier wave.
- the computer 200 can store the aberration correction program P100 received by the communication device 214 in the memory 206 and execute the aberration correction program P100.
- the aberration correction program P100 includes a first correction wavefront generation module P10, a first polynomial approximation module P20, a second polynomial approximation module P30, and a second polynomial approximation module P40.
- a storage module P50 and a second correction wavefront generation module P60 are provided.
- the first correction wavefront generation module P10, the first polynomial approximation module P20, the second polynomial approximation module P30, the second polynomial approximation module P40, the storage module P50, and the second correction wavefront generation module P60 are added to the computer.
- the functions to be realized are the first correction wavefront generation unit 91, the first polynomial approximation unit 92, the second polynomial approximation unit 93, the second polynomial approximation unit 94, the storage unit 95, and the second This is the same as the corresponding element in the correction wavefront generation unit 96.
- the computer that functions as the aberration correction device 90 is integrally provided in the laser processing device.
- the computer that functions as the aberration correction device 90 is separate from the laser processing device 1A.
- the correction wavefront information may be exchanged between the computer and the laser processing apparatus (FIG. 19).
- the computers 90A and 90B may be provided inside and outside the laser processing apparatus 1A, respectively, and the aberration correction apparatus 90 may be realized by these two computers 90A and 90B.
- the first correction wavefront generation unit 91, the first polynomial approximation unit 92, the second polynomial approximation unit 93, the third polynomial approximation unit 94, and the storage unit 95A of the aberration correction apparatus 90 are included in the external computer 90A.
- the other storage unit 95B and the second correction wavefront generation unit 96 may be realized by the internal computer 90B.
- the coefficient data set is exchanged between the external computer 90A and the internal computer 90B, that is, the laser processing apparatus 1A via the storage medium, the communication path, etc., and the content of the storage unit 95A of the external computer 90A is changed.
- the data is copied to the storage unit 95B of the internal computer 90B (FIG. 20).
- the aberration correction method of the second embodiment, the aberration correction apparatus 90 of the present embodiment, and the aberration correction program have the same advantages as the aberration correction method of the first embodiment. That is, in the aberration correction method of the second embodiment, the aberration correction apparatus and the aberration correction program of the present embodiment, as described above, the longitudinal aberration range inside the medium when the condensing point of the laser beam does not correct the aberration.
- a correction wavefront for correcting the aberration of the laser beam is determined in advance so as to be positioned between and a correction wavefront at an arbitrary processing position is obtained using an approximation formula by high-order polynomial approximation of this correction wavefront
- the correction wavefront of the processing position can correct the aberration of the laser beam so that the focal point of the laser beam is located between the longitudinal aberration range inside the medium when the aberration is not corrected, and the PV value of the wavefront can be Can be reduced.
- reducing the phase modulation amount for aberration correction reduces the burden on the spatial light modulator and enables highly accurate wavefront control. To do.
- the degree of condensing of the laser light can be increased, and a good processing state can be maintained.
- the focal point is
- the correction wavefront becomes a correction pattern as shown in FIG. 21, and the phase modulation amount of the correction wavefront is reduced to about 14 radian.
- FIG. 22 shows the measurement result of the light condensing state on the workpiece 60 using this correction pattern.
- FIG. 22 it is the result of having observed the condensing part when condensing the laser beam of wavelength 660nm inside acrylic.
- FIG. 22A shows the measurement result of the condensing state before correction
- FIG. 22B shows the measurement result of the condensing state after correction according to the second embodiment. Since the amount of phase modulation is small as shown in FIG. 21, it can be seen that the aberration is sufficiently corrected as shown in FIG.
- FIG. 23 and 25 show the observation results of the cut surface of the workpiece 60 cut after the laser processing.
- the laser beam is irradiated from the direction Z, and the laser beam is scanned in the direction Y with respect to the workpiece 60 to form three modified layers 60a, 60b, and 60c. did.
- FIG. 23 shows a cut surface when the aberration correction method of the second embodiment of the present invention is not used in laser processing as described above, that is, the aberration is sufficiently corrected as shown in FIG. It is a cut surface after laser processing using a laser beam that is not.
- FIG. 25 shows a cut surface when the aberration correction method of the second embodiment of the present invention is used in laser processing, that is, laser light with sufficiently corrected aberration as shown in FIG.
- correction wavefronts for a plurality of machining positions are obtained in advance, and higher-order polynomial approximation of these correction wavefronts is performed. Therefore, it is possible to obtain an appropriate correction wavefront only by performing a calculation using this approximate expression. As a result, it is possible to shorten the time for obtaining the correction wavefront when changing the processing depth, and to reduce the processing rate. Also, an appropriate correction wavefront can be obtained for any machining position different from the machining position actually obtained by the above-described search process.
- phase modulation type reflection SLM 40 that applies a voltage to an independent pixel
- phase modulation type transmission SLM that applies a voltage to an independent pixel
- a relay lens system including one or more lenses is disposed between the SLM 40 and the objective lens 50 so that the modulation surface of the SLM 40 and the entrance pupil plane of the objective lens 50 are generally in an imaging relationship. You may squeeze it. Accordingly, since the wavefront modulated by the SLM 40 is propagated to the objective lens 50 without causing Fresnel diffraction, good aberration correction can be performed. In addition, when the modulation surface of the SLM 40 is larger than the pupil plane of the objective lens 50, if the imaging system also serves as a reduction system, the amount of laser light can be used effectively, and the effective area of the SLM 40 can be used sufficiently. It becomes possible to use it.
- single-point machining is exemplified, but the idea of the present invention can be applied to multi-point machining in which there are a plurality of machining points and these are three-dimensionally distributed.
- a correction wavefront that takes into account the processing depth is added to two Fresnel lens patterns having different condensing positions in phase.
- the phases of the two patterns obtained are ⁇ A and ⁇ B , respectively, by extracting only the phase from exp ( ⁇ A ) + exp ( ⁇ B ), the hologram pattern of the spatial light modulator can be obtained.
- the spatial light modulator has an advantage in three-dimensional processing. In other words, by modulating the incident light, it is possible to generate a large number of condensing points with different positions both in the depth direction and in the plane, and the processing throughput can be improved compared to processing that repeats single-point processing. it can.
- a Fresnel zone plate pattern (consisting of binary values of 0 or ⁇ ) may be used instead of the above-described Fresnel lens pattern.
- the phase of a grating pattern or an arbitrary CGH pattern that generates multiple points within the same depth plane is added to them. You may add them together.
- the aberration correction method in the laser processing apparatus has been described.
- this aberration correction method can be applied to various optical system apparatuses.
- the aberration correction method and laser irradiation method of the present invention can also be applied to a laser irradiation apparatus such as a microscope.
- a laser irradiation apparatus such as a microscope.
- it is particularly suitable for a laser scanning microscope.
- an example of a laser scanning microscope is shown as a laser irradiation apparatus and a laser irradiation method concerning the present invention.
- a laser scanning microscope scans the condensing position of laser light not only in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction but also in the optical axis direction. That is, the laser scanning microscope generates a condensing point not only on the surface of the measurement object but also inside. At this time, the focal point spreads due to the aberration, the peak intensity decreases, and the resolution and image contrast decrease. If the aberration correction method and laser irradiation method of this embodiment are applied to this laser scanning microscope, the SLM with a limited amount of phase modulation is used to increase the concentration of laser light inside the measurement object, and deep Even at the position, an image with high resolution and image contrast can be measured.
- a confocal microscope or multi-photon laser scanning microscope which is a type of laser scanning microscope
- the measurement light intensity decreases drastically when the peak intensity at the condensing position of the irradiated light decreases.
- the effect of aberration correction is great.
- an imaging device that scans a focused beam to obtain an image such as a laser scanning microscope
- SLD Super-Luminescent diode
- the aberration correction method of the present invention can be applied to various microscopes in addition to the laser scanning microscope described above.
- the imaging apparatus such as a microscope that widely illuminates a measurement target and detects it with an image sensor. It can be suitably applied.
- the aberration correction method of the present invention can also be applied to a microscope (light irradiation apparatus) that uses non-coherent light.
- a microscope light irradiation apparatus
- FIG. 1 an example of this kind of microscope is shown as a light irradiation apparatus concerning the present invention.
- FIG. 26 is a light irradiation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and shows an example of a microscope that widely illuminates a measurement target and performs imaging with an image sensor.
- a microscope 1B illustrated in FIG. 26 includes a light source 10B, a condenser lens 20B, a mirror 22B, an objective lens 50, relay lenses 24B and 26B, a prism mirror 30, a spatial light modulator 40, an imaging lens 28B, and a camera (image sensor). ) 70B.
- the biological tissue in the container containing water is assumed as the sample (medium) 60B to be measured.
- the light source 10B is illumination such as an incandescent lamp.
- Light from the light source 10B is converted into parallel light by the condenser lens 20B, reflected by the mirror 22B, and widely illuminates the sample 60B.
- the transmitted and forward scattered light emitted from the sample 60B enters the objective lens 50, and the light emitted from the objective lens 50 is guided onto the SLM 40 via the relay lenses 24B and 26B and the prism mirror 30.
- the light reflected by the SLM 40 is guided to the camera 70B via the prism mirror 30 and the imaging lens 28B, and forms an image of the sample 60B on the surface of the camera 70B.
- relay lenses 24B and 26B are provided between the objective lens 50 and the SLM 40 so that the entrance pupil plane of the objective lens 50 and the SLM 40 are in a conjugate relationship. Further, the lenses 50, 24B, 26B, and 28B are arranged so that the sample 60B and the surface of the camera 70B are in an imaging relationship.
- the sample 60B is regarded as a collection of points, and each point is considered as a secondary light source. That is, the sample 60B is regarded as a collection of secondary point light sources.
- the aberration correction method of the present invention is applied between the sample 60B, which is a collection of secondary point light sources, and the camera 70B.
- a spherical wave light is emitted from each secondary point light source and is converted into a substantially plane wave light by the objective lens 50.
- the sample 60B is in water
- the light emitted from each secondary point light source has a spherical aberration due to a refractive index mismatch between air and water, and the light emitted from the objective lens 50 is Therefore, a plane wave including the wavefront aberration expressed by the above equation (7) is obtained. For this reason, when the image is formed on the camera 70B by the imaging lens 28B, it is affected by the aberration, and the spatial resolution and contrast of the image are lowered.
- the light emitted from the objective lens 50 and having a plane wave including wavefront aberration is transmitted onto the SLM 40 by the relay lenses 24B and 26B.
- aberration can be removed by applying phase modulation represented by the above equation (7) to the SLM 40.
- the light emitted from the SLM 40 becomes substantially complete plane wave light from which wavefront aberration has been removed.
- the image forming lens 28B forms an image on the camera 70B, image formation without aberration is performed, and the resolution and contrast of the image can be improved.
- the laser processing apparatuses of the first and second embodiments there is a light source above the prism mirror 30 and light propagates from above to below.
- the light propagation direction is reversed.
- There is a light source below the objective lens 50 and light propagates from below to above.
- the condensing point is on the optical axis.
- the light source 10B exists other than on the optical axis.
- the light emitted from the light emitting point A is influenced only by the spherical aberration because the light emitting point A is on the optical axis, and the aberration is favorably removed by the aberration correction according to the present invention.
- the light emitted from the light emitting point B includes not only spherical aberration but also other aberrations because the light emitting point B is not on the optical axis.
- the observation field of view is narrow in a normal microscope.
- the amount of deviation from the optical axis is small, and aberrations other than spherical aberration are sufficiently small. Accordingly, the aberration of the light emitted from the light emitting point B can be satisfactorily removed by the aberration correction according to the present invention.
- the case of transmitted illumination has been shown, but the aberration correction method of the present invention can also be applied to the case of epi-illumination.
- relay lenses 24B and 26B were used, these can also be abbreviate
- an incandescent lamp is used as the light source 10B.
- another white light source, a laser, an SLD, an LED, or the like can be used as the light source 10B.
- the light which limited the wavelength band using the band pass filter for the white light source can also be used as illumination light.
- the example has been described using an example of a workpiece having a spatially uniform refractive index, but the present invention can also be applied to a case where the refractive index can be regarded as substantially uniform.
- the thin film layer is thin and the aberration generated in the thin film is small, and thus can be ignored.
- the glass layer and the adhesive layer are alternately arranged in the depth direction, but the thickness of the adhesive layer is thin and the difference in refractive index from the glass is small. Since the aberration generated in the adhesive layer is small, it can be ignored.
- the laser irradiation position with respect to the medium is deep, and it can be applied to applications that require a high degree of laser beam condensing.
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[第1の実施形態]
n’:媒質60の屈折率
d’:媒質60の厚さ
θmax:媒質60に対するレーザ光の入射角θであって、このレーザ光の最外縁光線の入射角(=arctan(NA))
なお、縦収差(longitudinal aberration)は、縦方向収差や縦光線収差(longitudinal ray aberration)、縦方向誤差(longitudinal error)と表現されることもある。
d:媒質移動量
θmax:媒質60に対するレーザ光の入射角θであって、このレーザ光の最外縁光線の入射角
そして、特許文献6のように収差を近似で求めているものでは正確な集光位置は求まらないが、本発明では正確な集光位置を求めることができる。
[第2の実施形態]
尚、加工深さを変える際には、ステップS16を行ってその深さに対応した補正波面を生成すれば良い。
1B 光照射装置(顕微鏡)
10,10B 光源
20,20B,24B,26B,28B レンズ
30,22B ミラー
40 空間光変調器(SLM)
50 対物レンズ(集光手段、集光レンズ)
60 加工対象物(媒質)
70 計測系
70B カメラ(イメージセンサ)
80 制御部
90,90A,90B 収差補正装置
91 第1の補正波面生成部(第1の補正波面生成手段)
92 第1の多項式近似部(第1の多項式近似手段)
93 第2の多項式近似部(第2の多項式近似手段)
94 第3の多項式近似部(第3の多項式近似手段)
95 記憶部(記憶手段)
96 第2の補正波面生成部(第2の補正波面生成手段)
100 記録媒体
200 コンピュータ
202 読取装置
206 メモリ
208 表示装置
210 マウス
212 キーボード
214 通信装置
220 コンピュータデータ信号
P100 収差補正プログラム
P10 第1の補正波面生成モジュール
P20 第1の多項式近似モジュール
P30 第2の多項式近似モジュール
P40 第3の多項式近似モジュール
P50 記憶モジュール
P60 第2の補正波面生成モジュール
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- 光透過性を有する媒質内部にレーザ光を集光するレーザ照射装置の収差補正方法において、
前記レーザ光の集光点が前記媒質内部に発生する収差範囲の間に位置するように、前記レーザ光の収差を補正することを特徴とする、
収差補正方法。 - 前記レーザ照射装置は、前記媒質内部にレーザ光を集光するための集光手段を備えており、
前記媒質の屈折率をn、前記媒質の屈折率nが前記集光手段雰囲気媒質の屈折率に等しいと仮定した場合における前記媒質の入射面から前記集光手段の焦点までの深さをd、前記媒質によって発生する縦収差の最大値をΔsと定義すると、
前記レーザ光の集光点が前記媒質の入射面からn×dより大きく、n×d+Δsより小さい範囲に位置するように、前記レーザ光の収差を補正することを特徴とする、
請求項1に記載の収差補正方法。 - 前記レーザ照射装置は、前記媒質内部にレーザ光を集光するための集光レンズと、前記レーザ光の収差を補正するための空間光変調器とを備えており、
前記集光レンズの入射部に対応する前記空間光変調器上の任意の画素における位相変調量と、前記画素に隣接する画素における位相変調量との位相差が位相折り畳み技術を適用できる位相範囲以下であることを特徴とする、
請求項1に記載の収差補正方法。 - 補正波面の位相値が極大点及び極小点を有するように、前記レーザ光の集光点を設定することを特徴とする、請求項1に記載の収差補正方法。
- レーザ光を生成する光源と、前記光源からのレーザ光の位相を変調するための空間光変調器と、前記空間光変調器からのレーザ光を加工対象物内部における加工位置に集光するための集光レンズとを備えるレーザ加工装置のレーザ加工方法において、
前記加工対象物内部における前記加工位置を設定し、
前記加工位置が、収差を補正しないときに前記加工対象物内部で縦収差が存在する範囲の間に位置するように、前記加工対象物の相対移動量を設定し、
前記加工位置に前記レーザ光が集光するように補正波面を算出して、前記空間光変調器に表示し、
前記加工対象物と前記集光レンズとの距離が前記相対移動量となるように、前記集光位置を相対的に移動し、
前記光源からのレーザ光を前記加工対象物における加工位置へ照射する、
レーザ加工方法。 - レーザ光を生成する光源と、前記光源からのレーザ光の位相を変調するための空間光変調器と、前記空間光変調器からのレーザ光を媒質内部の所定の集光位置に集光するための集光レンズとを備える媒質内レーザ集光装置のレーザ照射方法において、
前記媒質内部における前記集光位置を設定し、
前記集光位置が、収差を補正しないときに前記媒質内部で縦収差が存在する範囲の間に位置するように、前記媒質の相対移動量を設定し、
前記集光位置に前記レーザ光が集光するように補正波面を算出して、前記空間光変調器に表示し、
前記媒質と前記集光レンズとの距離が前記相対移動量となるように、前記集光位置を相対的に移動し、
前記光源からのレーザ光を前記媒質における集光位置へ照射する、
レーザ照射方法。 - 光透過性を有する媒質内部にレーザ光を集光するレーザ照射装置の収差補正方法において、
前記レーザ光の集光点が、収差を補正しないときに前記媒質内部で縦収差が存在する範囲の間に位置するように、前記レーザ光の収差を補正するための補正波面であって、前記媒質内部の複数の加工位置にそれぞれ対応する複数の当該補正波面と、前記媒質内部の複数の加工位置にそれぞれ対応する複数の媒質表面から媒質がないときの集光点の位置までの距離とを求める第1の補正波面生成ステップと、
前記複数の媒質表面から媒質がないときの集光点の位置までの距離の高次多項式近似を行うことによって第1の高次多項式を求める第1の多項式近似ステップと、
前記複数の補正波面の高次多項式近似をそれぞれ行うことによって複数の第2の高次多項式を求める第2の多項式近似ステップと、
前記複数の第2の高次多項式における同一次数項の係数からなる複数の係数列の高次多項式近似をそれぞれ行うことによって、加工位置をパラメータとする複数の第3の高次多項式を求める第3の多項式近似ステップと、
前記第1の高次多項式における複数の次数項の係数と、前記複数の第3の高次多項式における複数の次数項の係数とを記憶する記憶ステップと、
前記第1の高次多項式における複数の次数項の係数と、前記第1の高次多項式と、前記複数の第3の高次多項式における複数の次数項の係数及び前記複数の第3の高次多項式を用いて、前記複数の第2の高次多項式に相当する任意の加工位置の第2の高次多項式を求め、当該第2の高次多項式を用いて当該任意の加工位置の補正波面を求める第2の補正波面生成ステップと、
を含むことを特徴とする、収差補正方法。 - 光透過性を有する媒質内部にレーザ光を集光するレーザ照射装置のための収差補正装置において、
前記レーザ光の集光点が、収差を補正しないときに前記媒質内部で縦収差が存在する範囲の間に位置するように、前記レーザ光の収差を補正するための補正波面であって、前記媒質内部の複数の加工位置にそれぞれ対応する複数の当該補正波面と、前記媒質内部の複数の加工位置にそれぞれ対応する複数の媒質表面から媒質がないときの集光点の位置までの距離とを求める第1の補正波面生成手段と、
前記複数の媒質表面から媒質がないときの集光点の位置までの距離の高次多項式近似を行うことによって第1の高次多項式を求める第1の多項式近似ステップと、
前記複数の補正波面の高次多項式近似をそれぞれ行うことによって複数の第2の高次多項式を求める第2の多項式近似手段と、
前記複数の第2の高次多項式における同一次数項の係数からなる複数の係数列の高次多項式近似をそれぞれ行うことによって、加工位置をパラメータとする複数の第3の高次多項式を求める第3の多項式近似手段と、
前記第1の高次多項式における複数の次数項の係数と、前記複数の第3の高次多項式における複数の次数項の係数とを記憶する記憶手段と、
前記第1の高次多項式における複数の次数項の係数と、前記第1の高次多項式と、前記複数の第3の高次多項式における複数の次数項の係数及び前記複数の第3の高次多項式を用いて、前記複数の第2の高次多項式に相当する任意の加工位置の第2の高次多項式を求め、当該第2の高次多項式を用いて当該任意の加工位置の補正波面を求める第2の補正波面生成手段と、
を備えることを特徴とする、収差補正装置。 - 光透過性を有する媒質内部にレーザ光を集光するレーザ照射装置のための収差補正プログラムにおいて、
コンピュータを、
前記レーザ光の集光点が、収差を補正しないときに前記媒質内部で縦収差が存在する範囲の間に位置するように、前記レーザ光の収差を補正するための補正波面であって、前記媒質内部の複数の加工位置にそれぞれ対応する複数の当該補正波面と、前記媒質内部の複数の加工位置にそれぞれ対応する複数の媒質表面から媒質がないときの集光点の位置までの距離とを求める第1の補正波面生成手段と、
前記複数の媒質表面から媒質がないときの集光点の位置までの距離の高次多項式近似を行うことによって第1の高次多項式を求める第1の多項式近似ステップと、
前記複数の補正波面の高次多項式近似をそれぞれ行うことによって複数の第2の高次多項式を求める第2の多項式近似手段と、
前記複数の第2の高次多項式における同一次数項の係数からなる複数の係数列の高次多項式近似をそれぞれ行うことによって、加工位置をパラメータとする複数の第3の高次多項式を求める第3の多項式近似手段と、
前記第1の高次多項式における複数の次数項の係数と、前記複数の第3の高次多項式における複数の次数項の係数とを記憶する記憶手段と、
前記第1の高次多項式における複数の次数項の係数と、前記第1の高次多項式と、前記複数の第3の高次多項式における複数の次数項の係数及び前記複数の第3の高次多項式を用いて、前記複数の第2の高次多項式に相当する任意の加工位置の第2の高次多項式を求め、当該第2の高次多項式を用いて当該任意の加工位置の補正波面を求める第2の補正波面生成手段と、
として機能させる、収差補正プログラム。 - 光透過性を有する媒質内部に照射光を集光する光照射装置の収差補正方法において、
前記照射光の集光点が、収差を補正しないときに前記媒質内部で縦収差が存在する範囲の間に位置するように、前記照射光の収差を補正することを特徴とする、
収差補正方法。
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