A laser cutting technique heats thin glass sheets to initiate controlled fracture propagation along free-form paths.
Laser-formed troughs guide ultrasonic breaking to resolve cumulative errors in irregular substrate cutting.
Acoustic waves transmit tensile stress through a circumferential notch to separate brittle glass tubes with high-quality surfaces.
Asymmetric Gauss-Bessel laser beams create elongated damage regions to prevent random cracks and improve cutting quality.