The IEN Micro-Machining Laser Lab virtual community provides information on the various types of lasers and other equipment located in the IEN Micro-Machining Laser Lab including but not limited to equipment specifications, tool usage instructions, related processing information, and standard operating parameters for various materials on the tools. 

 Additionally, the “Paper Club” meets at least once a month to analyze and discuss a paper on laser micro-machining processes and techniques on various materials. The desire is that this will increase our collective knowledge of laser micro-machining and inspire innovative approaches to problems that arise while conducting research as well as novel applications of the lasers in the facility.

The first IEN Micro-Machining Paper Club meeting was held on July 16, 2020, on the paper titled "Micromachining NiTi tubes for use in medical devices by using a femtosecond laser”. The meeting was led by the Laser Lab manager, Richard Shafer. 

The second meeting will be held on August 6, 2020 on the paper titled, "“Drilling of Through Holes in Sapphire Using Femtosecond Laser Pulses”. The paper is available under the Files section of the IEN Micro-Machining Laser Lab Microsoft Teams Paper Club Channel. 

If you are interested, you can join the IEN Micro-Machining Laser Lab Team on Microsoft Teams using this link.