Excimer laser cut UA Logo in a Chrome thin film on glass.

This last week, Dr. Bryon Wright and I traveled to Manchester, New Hampshire, USA, to evaluate our new laser µ-Machining station. After a week of system demonstration and training, we’ve happily accepted the new system, and expect delivery by the end of June. While we were testing the system, we demonstrated a minum direct write feature size of ~ 2 µm. For fun we used the system’s excimer laser (λ = 248nm) to inscribe the UA logo in a thin film of chrome. The complete logo is ~ 0.5 mm in width. For some more initial test results you can look at the UA micro-machining website as well.