Photon energy material processing using liquid core waveguide

A liquid core waveguide laser energy material processing system, the system comprising:

• a laser energy source configured to generate a high intensity laser beam for material processing;
• a liquid core waveguide configured to transmit the high intensity laser beam towards at least one object for material processing, wherein the liquid core waveguide comprises a liquid core having a first refractive index and a cladding element having a second refractive index and configured to guide the liquid core, wherein the first refractive index is higher than the second refractive index;
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• a liquid source configured to generate the liquid core.

A method of photon energy material processing, the method comprising:

• generating a high intensity photon beam;
• generating a liquid core waveguide, wherein generating the liquid core waveguide comprises guiding a liquid core having a first refractive index through a cladding element having a second refractive index, wherein the first refractive index is higher than the second refractive index;
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• transmitting the high intensity photon beam through the liquid core waveguide towards at least one object for material processing, wherein a first end of the liquid core waveguide is coupled to a photon source and a second end of the liquid core waveguide is positioned proximate to the object.

A computer program for photon energy material processing, the computer program being disposed on one or more tangible media, the computer program comprising:

• a code adapted to generate photon energy, the photon energy being configured to travel through a liquid core waveguide, wherein a first end of the liquid core waveguide is coupled to a photon energy source and a second end of the liquid core waveguide is displaced proximate to an object for material processing;
• a code adapted to move the liquid core waveguide or the object proximate to each other for material processing;
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• a code adapted to determine a material removal rate based on the photon energy from the photon energy source and material property of the object.