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Granted Patent B2
US 12,643,177 · App. 17/781,146 · Granted Jun 2, 2026

Laser processing device

Inventors: Takafumi Ogiwara (Hamamatsu, JP); Tsubasa Hirose (Hamamatsu, JP); Takeshi Sakamoto (Hamamatsu, JP)
Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
B23K26/0648B23K26/0665
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Patent No.
US 12,643,177
App. No.
17/781,146
Granted
Jun 2, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A laser processing device comprising: a light source configured to output laser light; a spatial light modulator configured to display a modulation pattern for modulating the laser light output from the light source; a condenser lens configured to condense the laser light modulated by the spatial light modulator, on an object; and a control unit configured to control the spatial light modulator to adjust the modulation pattern in accordance with a traveling direction of a condensing point of the laser light with respect to the object.

Claims (28)

1 . A laser processing device comprising:

a light source configured to output laser light;

a spatial light modulator configured to display a modulation pattern for modulating the laser light output from the light source;

a condenser lens configured to condense the laser light modulated by the spatial light modulator on an object;

a control unit configured to control the spatial light modulator to adjust the modulation pattern in accordance with a traveling direction of a condensing point of the laser light with respect to the object; and

the control unit adjusts the modulation pattern so that a shape of the condensing point becomes an arc shape protruding in the traveling direction or in an opposite direction of the traveling direction.

2 . The laser processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the control unit individually adjusts the modulation pattern in a first case where the condensing point travels in a first direction with respect to the object, and a second case where the condensing point travels in a second direction opposite to the first direction with respect to the object.

3 . The laser processing device according to claim 2 , wherein

the control unit

adjusts the modulation pattern so that a shape of the condensing point becomes an arc shape protruding in the first direction in the first case, and

adjusts the modulation pattern so that the shape of the condensing point becomes an arc shape protruding in the second direction in the second case.

4 . The laser processing device according to claim 2 , wherein

the control unit

adjusts the modulation pattern so that a shape of the condensing point becomes an arc shape protruding in the second direction in the first case, and

adjusts the modulation pattern so that the shape of the condensing point becomes the arc shape protruding in the first direction in the second case.

5 . The laser processing device according to claim 1 , the laser processing device comprising:

a display unit configured to display information; and

an input unit configured to receive an input, wherein

the display unit displays information for urging an input of a parameter for adjusting the modulation pattern,

the input unit receives the input of the parameter, and

the control unit adjusts the modulation pattern based on the parameter received by the input unit.

6 . The laser processing device according to claim 5 , wherein

the modulation pattern includes a spherical aberration correction pattern for correcting a spherical aberration of the laser light, and

the parameter includes an offset amount of a center of the spherical aberration correction pattern along the traveling direction, with respect to a center of a pupil surface of the condenser lens.

7 . The laser processing device according to claim 5 , wherein

the modulation pattern includes a coma aberration pattern for applying a positive coma aberration to the laser light, and

the parameter includes a magnitude of the coma aberration.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2022
From: OGIWARA, TAKAFUMI; HIROSE, TSUBASA; SAKAMOTO, TAKESHI
To: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
Reel/Frame 060336/0410 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-219470 · Dec 4, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220410311A1 · Dec 29, 2022
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