The invention relates to the technical field of optical material
processing equipment, and especially relates to a micro-lens manufacturing method based on CO2
laser melting assisted by a high-pressure gas. The method comprises the following steps of 1, manufacturing a preform, and manufacturing the preform by using a
machining method; 2, carrying out CO2
laser reshaping, emitting a CO2
laser to asurface of the preform by using a CO2 laser to generate a high-temperature region at a temperature higher than a
melting temperature or
softening temperature of a material, and then injecting a high-pressure gas to a
softening region by using a
nozzle to reshape the preform; and 3, carrying out multi-area remodeling, making a CO2 laser focus and the
nozzle keep moving consistently, generating
linear motion, spiral motion, rotation motion, sawtooth vibration motion and other
relative motion between the CO2 laser focus and the
nozzle and an optical material, making the optical material, the CO2laser focus and the nozzle generate relative three-dimensional motion, and carrying out high-temperature melting and shaping on the
optical materials in different areas. According to the method, a rapid forming property of laser melting is utilized, high-pressure gas forming is assisted, and efficient
machining of an optical material micro lens is achieved.