Optical properties of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) during nanosecond laser processing
Abstract(#br)This article presents experimental investigations of effects of the process parameters on the medical grade polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) elastomer processed by laser source with irradiation at UV (266 and 355\u003cce:hsp sp=\"0.25\"/\u003enm), VIS (532\u003cce:hsp sp=\"0.25\"/\u003enm) and NIR (1064\u003cce:hsp sp=\"0.25\"/\u003enm).(#br)Systematic experiments are done to characterize how the laser beam parameters (wavelength, fluence, and number of pulses) affect the optical properties and the chemical composition in the laser treated areas.