Abstract: A laser processing device includes a diffractive optical element dividing laser light into a plurality of beams of laser light and output the beams of laser light; a first acousto-optic element on which the beams of laser light from the diffractive optical element are incident, and which shifts, in accordance with a frequency of a voltage applied thereto, an optical path of the beams of laser light output therefrom along a first direction perpendicular to an irradiation direction of the beams of laser light; a first voltage application circuit applying a voltage of a desired frequency to the first acousto-optic element; a light concentrating optical system concentrating the beams of laser light output from the first acousto-optic element and radiate the beams of laser light to a workpiece; and a processor controlling the first voltage application circuit to adjust the frequency of the voltage applied to the first acousto-optic element.

Abstract: A composite component includes a plurality of first fibers extending in a first direction, a plurality of second fibers extending in a second direction different from the first direction, and a matrix material with which gaps between the first fibers and the second fibers are filled, in which a plurality of holes are provided in each of at least one first row along the first direction and at least one second row along the second direction.

Abstract: A glass processing method according to a viewpoint of the present disclosure includes generating a pulse laser beam by using a laser oscillator, and irradiating alkali-free glass to be processed with the pulse laser beam. The wavelength of the pulse laser beam ranges from 248 nm to 266 nm, and the pulse laser beam has an energy ratio greater than or equal to 91% but smaller than or equal to 99% in the region from 5 ns after a pulse rises to 400 ns.

Abstract: A laser processing method according to a viewpoint of the present disclosure includes radiating ultraviolet pulse laser light onto a workpiece having a stacked structure in which a conductor layer, an insulating layer, and a sacrificial layer are stacked on each other in the presented order, the pulse laser light radiated from the side facing the sacrificial layer, to change a laser ablation processing mode in the sacrificial layer and form a through hole in the sacrificial layer, radiating the pulse laser light onto the insulating layer through the through hole to form an opening in the insulating layer, and removing the sacrificial layer after the formation of the opening.

Abstract: A laser apparatus of the present disclosure includes: a master oscillator configured to emit a laser beam; a laser amplifier disposed on an optical path of the laser beam; a propagation optical system disposed on an optical path between the laser amplifier and a target supplied into an EUV chamber in which EUV light is generated; and a polarization isolator disposed on an optical path between the laser amplifier and the propagation optical system. The polarization isolator includes: a polarizer configured to emit, selecting from the laser beam incident on the polarizer, a laser beam linearly polarized in a predetermined polarization direction; and a reflection retarder disposed on an optical path between the polarizer and the propagation optical system to convert, through reflection, the laser beam linearly polarized in the predetermined polarization direction into an elliptically polarized laser beam having retardation that reduces retardation occurring at the propagation optical system.

Abstract: A laser apparatus may include: a quantum cascade laser outputting, based on a supplied current, laser light at an oscillation start timing when a first delay time elapses from a current rising timing of the supplied current: an amplifier disposed in a laser light optical path, and selectively amplifying light of a predetermined wavelength to output the amplified laser light to a chamber including a plasma generation region into which a target is fed; and a laser controller controlling a third delay time, from an output timing of a laser output instruction to the current rising timing, to cause a laser light wavelength to be equal to the predetermined wavelength at an aimed timing when a second delay time elapses from the oscillation start timing, based on oscillation parameters including the first delay time, a supplied current waveform, and a device temperature of the quantum cascade laser.

Abstract: A laser apparatus of the present disclosure includes: a master oscillator configured to emit a laser beam; a laser amplifier disposed on an optical path of the laser beam; a propagation optical system disposed on an optical path between the laser amplifier and a target supplied into an EUV chamber in which EUV light is generated; and a polarization isolator disposed on an optical path between the laser amplifier and the propagation optical system. The polarization isolator includes: a polarizer configured to emit, selecting from the laser beam incident on the polarizer, a laser beam linearly polarized in a predetermined polarization direction; and a reflection retarder disposed on an optical path between the polarizer and the propagation optical system to convert, through reflection, the laser beam linearly polarized in the predetermined polarization direction into an elliptically polarized laser beam having retardation that reduces retardation occurring at the propagation optical system.

Abstract: A device for controlling the temperature of cooling water includes a three-way valve having a first inlet, a second inlet, and an outlet; a first feed pipe; a second feed pipe; and a return pipe for connecting between an outlet of the temperature-control target and an inlet of the cooling water supply unit. The device also includes a return-side bypass pipe for connecting between the return pipe and the second inlet of the three-way valve; a pump provided on the second feed pipe for circulating the cooling water between the three-way valve and the temperature-control target; and a temperature measuring unit for measuring a temperature of the cooling water flowing in the second feed pipe. In addition, the device includes a controller for controlling the three-way valve and the pump in accordance with a detection result of the temperature measuring unit.

Abstract: A laser apparatus includes a light source configured to output excitation light, an optical resonator in which laser medium is excited by the excitation light, the optical resonator being configured to output laser beam, a temperature regulator configured to adjust temperature of the light source to a standard temperature, an optical detector configured to detect output power of the laser beam, and a controller configured to change the standard temperature based on the detected output power of the laser beam.

Abstract: A laser apparatus of the present disclosure may include: a frame; a first amplifier positioned to the frame; a first input optical system positioned to the frame and configured to cause a pulse laser beam generated by an external device to enter the first amplifier; and a first output optical system positioned to the frame and configured to cause a pulse laser beam having exited from the first amplifier in a first direction to exit in a second direction that is different from the first direction.

Abstract: A laser apparatus may include: an optical amplifier configured to amplify a laser beam outputted from a master oscillator; an optical-amplifier power supply configured to supply an alternating current for optical amplification to the optical amplifier; and a laser controller. The optical-amplifier power supply may include: an alternating current generation circuit including an inverter circuit configured to change output amplitude in accordance with a duty cycle, the alternating current generation circuit being configured to generate the alternating current from an output of the inverter circuit; and a power supply control circuit configured to hold control information defining correspondence relations between command values from the laser controller and duty cycles of the inverter circuit, determine a duty cycle corresponding to a command value received from the laser controller based on the control information, and provide the determined duty cycle to the inverter circuit.

Abstract: A laser apparatus includes a light source configured to output excitation light, an optical resonator in which laser medium. is excited by the excitation light, the optical resonator being configured to output laser beam, a temperature regulator configured to adjust temperature of the light source to a standard temperature, an optical detector configured to detect output power of the laser beam, and a controller configured to change the standard temperature based on the detected output power of the laser beam.

Abstract: A device for controlling the temperature of cooling water includes a three-way valve having a first inlet, a second inlet, and an outlet; a first feed pipe; a second feed pipe; and a return pipe for connecting between an outlet of the temperature-control target and an inlet of the cooling water supply unit. The device also includes a return-side bypass pipe for connecting between the return pipe and the second inlet of the three-way valve; a pump provided on the second feed pipe for circulating the cooling water between the three-way valve and the temperature-control target; and a temperature measuring unit for measuring a temperature of the cooling water flowing in the second feed pipe. In addition, the device includes a controller for controlling the three-way valve and the pump in accordance with a detection result of the temperature measuring unit.

Abstract: A device for controlling the temperature of cooling water includes a three-way valve having a first inlet, a second inlet, and an outlet; a first feed pipe; a second feed pipe; and a return pipe for connecting between an outlet of the temperature-control target and an inlet of the cooling water supply unit. The device also includes a return-side bypass pipe for connecting between the return pipe and the second inlet of the three-way valve; a pump provided on the second feed pipe for circulating the cooling water between the three-way valve and the temperature-control target; and a temperature measuring unit for measuring a temperature of the cooling water flowing in the second feed pipe. In addition, the device includes a controller for controlling the three-way valve and the pump in accordance with a detection result of the temperature measuring unit.

Abstract: A laser apparatus may include: a quantum cascade laser outputting, based on a supplied current, laser light at an oscillation start timing when a first delay time elapses from a current rising timing of the supplied current: an amplifier disposed in a laser light optical path, and selectively amplifying light of a predetermined wavelength to output the amplified laser light to a chamber including a plasma generation region into which a target is fed; and a laser controller controlling a third delay time, from an output timing of a laser output instruction to the current rising timing, to cause a laser light wavelength to be equal to the predetermined wavelength at an aimed timing when a second delay time elapses from the oscillation start timing, based on oscillation parameters including the first delay time, a supplied current waveform, and a device temperature of the quantum cascade laser.

Abstract: A laser apparatus may include, a first frame and a second frame, a sleeve through-hole provided in the second frame, a sleeve insertion hole provided in the first frame, a bolt, a positioning sleeve that is formed in an approximately cylindrical shape into which the bolt can be inserted and that positions the first frame and the second frame by passing through the sleeve through-hole and being inserted into the sleeve insertion hole, a nut that is provided in the first frame and into which the bolt is screwed, and a fall prevention unit that is provided in the second frame and that prevents the bolt and the positioning sleeve from falling.

Abstract: An example of the disclosure is a laser apparatus including a master oscillator capable of outputting a pulse laser beam, a plurality of optical amplifiers disposed on an optical path of the pulse laser beam outputted from the master oscillator and configured to sequentially amplify the pulse laser beam, an optical reflector capable of passing the pulse laser beam therethrough and reflecting a self-oscillation beam generated in one of the plurality of optical amplifiers, and an optical absorber capable of receiving and absorbing the self-oscillation beam reflected by the optical reflector.

Abstract: There is provided a slab amplifier including an optical system (48, 51) provided in a chamber (47) to allow a seed beam having entered from a first window into the space between a pair of electrodes (42, 43) to be repeatedly reflected between the space so that the seed beam is amplified to be an amplified beam; a first aperture plate (61) provided between the first window and the electrodes, and having an opening of a dimension equal to or greater than a cross-section of the seed beam and equal to or smaller than a dimension of the first window; and a second aperture plate (62) provided between the second window and the electrodes, and having an opening of a dimension equal to or greater than a cross-section of the amplified beam and equal to or smaller than a dimension of the second window.

Abstract: A laser apparatus may include: an optical amplifier configured to amplify a laser beam outputted from a master oscillator; an optical-amplifier power supply configured to supply an alternating current for optical amplification to the optical amplifier; and a laser controller. The optical-amplifier power supply may include: an alternating current generation circuit including an inverter circuit configured to change output amplitude in accordance with a duty cycle, the alternating current generation circuit being configured to generate the alternating current from an output of the inverter circuit; and a power supply control circuit configured to hold control information defining correspondence relations between command values from the laser controller and duty cycles of the inverter circuit, determine a duty cycle corresponding to a command value received from the laser controller based on the control information, and provide the determined duty cycle to the inverter circuit.

Abstract: A laser apparatus may include, a first frame and a second frame, a sleeve through-hole provided in the second frame, a sleeve insertion hole provided in the first frame, a bolt, a positioning sleeve that is formed in an approximately cylindrical shape into which the bolt can be inserted and that positions the first frame and the second frame by passing through the sleeve through-hole and being inserted into the sleeve insertion hole, a nut that is provided in the first frame and into which the bolt is screwed, and a fall prevention unit that is provided in the second frame and that prevents the bolt and the positioning sleeve from falling.