Results of the work in the Laser4Fun project has been published as:
Marek Mezera, Martin van Drongelen and G.R.B.E. Römer. Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Structures (LIPSS) on Polymers Processed with Picosecond Laser Pulses, Journal of Laser Micro/Nanoengineering Vol. 13, No. 2, 2018; doi: 10.2961/jlmn.2018.02.0010
Abstract
Based on a literature review, it was concluded that Laser-induced Periodic Surface Structures (LIPSS) on polymers are produced when applying laser sources operating either in the ultraviolet wavelength and nanosecond pulse duration, or radiation of wavelengths ranging from 265nm to 1045nm and pulse durations in the femtosecond regime. LIPSS were not reported when using pico-second laser sources. The purpose of this paper is to study whether (and if so which) LIPSS form on polymers when picosecond pulsed laser source is applied. Low Spatial Frequency LIPSS (LSFL) and High Spatial Frequency LIPSS (HSFL) have been obtained on polycarbonate and on polystyrene when applying picosecond laser pulses at a wavelength of 343nm on single spots and on processed lines. When using a wavelength of 515nm, LSFL and HSFL have been produced only on polycar-bonate, but also led to porosity of the structured area.