Research Article

Laser-Induced Backside Wet Etching of Transparent Materials with Organic and Metallic Absorbers

Figure 4

Etch rates of fused silica for different liquids at 248 nm laser pulse irradiation. (a) Etch rate of fused silica for toluene with and without solved pyrene and for halogenated benzenes (fluorine and chlorine benzene) at 300 pulses. (b) Etch rate for fused silica at 30 pulses using gallium and mercury as liquid metals.
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(a) H-LIBWE
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(b) M-LIBWE