Research Article

Polishing Sapphire Substrates by 355 nm Ultraviolet Laser

Figure 4

Effect of laser pulse repetition rate on sapphire polishing (laser energy of 0.036 mJ, scanning speed of 90 mm/s, single-scan polishing, Sample A, incident angle of 50° in (b), (c)).
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(a) Effect of laser pulse repetition rate on surface roughness
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(b) Polished surface (10 kHz) 
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(c) Polished surface (50 kHz)