Today we're (micro)-machining glass with a fiber laser. Using a copper sulfate solution, we can etch glass with a pulsed laser like the relatively common Nd:YAG fiber lasers. The CuSO4 solution ...

Laser cutting is the use of a high-powered laser ... acrylic plastics as well as on some metals and glass. It's useful to remember that it's possible to cut out and etch within the same project.

As long as you temper your expectations, there’s plenty of material to cut with your 40 watt CO 2 laser or at least engrave—just not glass; that’s a tough one. Or is it? According to ...

The CO2 laser cutter is a very versatile tool, capable of cutting and etching a wide range ... used to deposit a thick layer of silver and glass particles 1 um or less in size.