Method for producing a sample on an object, computer program product, and material processing device for carrying out the method

A non-transitory computer readable medium containing software, which can be loaded into a processor and which, when executed, causes a material processing device to produce at least one sample on an object by performing the following:

• guiding a light beam of a light beam device of the material processing device over a surface of the object in a first direction along a first line using a guiding device for the light beam and/or by moving the object using a movable object stage, on which the object is arranged, with material of the object being ablated when the light beam is guided over the surface of the object;
• changing the first direction into a second direction by rotating the first line about an axis of rotation on the surface of the object;
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• guiding the light beam over the surface of the object in the second direction along a second line, with the first direction differing from the second direction and with material of the object being ablated when the light beam is guided over the surface of the object along the second line, wherein the light beam is provided in pulsed fashion by the light beam device and is guided onto the surface of the object in such a way that the light beam ablates material from the object in a first operational state of the light beam device and that the light beam is not guided onto the object in a second operational state, and wherein the sample is produced in the first operational state by ablating material from the object.

A material processing device for processing an object, comprising:

• at least one light beam device for providing at least one light beam;
• at least one guiding device for guiding the light beam and/or at least one movable object stage;
• and
• at least one control device having a processor coupled to a non-transitory computer readable medium containing software which, when executed by the processor, produces at least one sample on the object by performing the following:
• guiding the light beam over a surface of the object in a first direction along a first line using the guiding device and/or by moving the object using the movable object stage, on which the object is arranged, with material of the object being ablated when the light beam is guided over the surface of the object;
• changing the first direction into a second direction by rotating the first line about an axis of rotation on the surface of the object;
• and
• guiding the light beam over the surface of the object in the second direction along a second line, with the first direction differing from the second direction and with material of the object being ablated when the light beam is guided over the surface of the object along the second line, wherein the light beam is provided in pulsed fashion by the light beam device and is guided onto the surface of the object in such a way that the light beam ablates material from the object in a first operational state of the light beam device and that the light beam is not guided onto the object in a second operational state, and wherein the sample is produced in the first operational state by ablating material from the object.