A manufacturing method of a glass article having an organic film includes irradiating a first main surface of a glass plate having the first main surface and a second main surface, opposite each other, with a laser light of a first laser, to form an in-plane void region, in which voids are arrayed, on the first main surface, and internal void arrays, including voids arrayed from the in-plane void region to the second main surface, in the glass plate;

depositing the organic film on the first main surface or the second main surface of the glass plate; and irradiating and scanning the first main surface or the second main surface, on which the organic film was deposited, with a laser light of a second laser, along the in-plane void region, to separate the glass article from the glass plate along the in-plane void region.

An arcuate or circular cutting and/or marking apparatus comprises a bridging element comprising legs engageable to a grid base, wherein the bridging element comprises a circular cutting and/or marking element extending from a bottom of the bridging element for cutting and/or marking material, and a rotary handle connected to the circular cutting and/or marking element extending from a top of the bridging element for rotating the cutting and/or marking element. Systems and methods of the same are further provided.

A method for manufacturing an annular glass plate that has an outer circumferential edge surface, an inner circumferential edge surface, and a thickness not larger than 0.6 mm includes processing for manufacturing an annular glass plate by irradiating each of the outer circumferential edge surface and the inner circumferential edge surface of an annular glass blank with a laser beam to melt the outer circumferential edge surface and the inner circumferential edge surface and form molten surfaces such that the molten surfaces in the outer circumferential edge surface and the inner circumferential edge surface each have an arithmetic average surface roughness Ra not larger than 0.1 μm, and the surface roughness of the molten surface in the inner circumferential edge surface becomes larger than the surface roughness of the molten surface in the outer circumferential edge surface.

A large plate includes a first main surface and a second main surface, and is separated into a first small plate and a second small plate at a separation surface. The separation surface intersects with the first main surface and the second main surface at a first intersection line and a second intersection line, respectively. The first intersection line and the second intersection line include a curved portion. The first intersection line is disposed on one side of the second intersection line in a planar view. In a cross-section perpendicular to the first intersection line, the separation surface is inclined with respect to a normal to the first main surface. (1) Form a modified portion on the separation surface to be separated. (2) Form a crack on the separation surface. (3) Separate the first and second small plate.

A method for processing a transparent workpiece that includes directing a laser beam output by a beam source onto a phase-adjustment device such that the laser beam downstream the phase-adjustment device is an Airy beam and directing the Airy beam onto a surface of the transparent workpiece. The Airy beam forms an Airy beam focal region in the transparent workpiece, the Airy beam of the Airy beam focal region having a maximum intensity of 100 TW/cm.sup.2 or less, the Airy beam of the Airy beam focal region induces absorption in the transparent workpiece, the induced absorption producing a curved defect in the transparent workpiece.

A method for processing a transparent workpiece that includes directing a laser beam output by a beam source onto a phase-adjustment device such that the laser beam downstream the phase-adjustment device is an Airy beam and directing the Airy beam onto a surface of the transparent workpiece. The Airy beam forms an Airy beam focal region in the transparent workpiece, the Airy beam of the Airy beam focal region having a maximum intensity of 100 TW/cm.sup.2 or less, the Airy beam of the Airy beam focal region induces absorption in the transparent workpiece, the induced absorption producing a curved defect in the transparent workpiece.

A method for producing a structured glass disk is provided that includes the steps of: providing a glass disk having a thickness of at most 400 μm; directing and focusing a laser beam onto the glass disk such that the laser beam produces an elongated focus within the glass disk with an intensity sufficient to produce damage within the glass disk along the elongated focus; moving the laser beam and the glass disk relative to one another to insert damage zones along a ring-shaped path so that a workpiece is defined in the glass disk with the ring-shaped path encompassing the workpiece and with the workpiece remaining connected to the glass disc; exposing the glass disk to an etchant so that the etchant intrudes into the damage zones; and chemically toughening the glass disk with the workpiece.

Glass articles with protective films used for processing hard disk drive substrates and methods of forming glass articles with protective films used for processing hard disk drive substrates are provided herein. In one embodiment, a glass blank includes: a first surface, a second surface opposing the first surface, and an edge surface connecting the first surface and the second surface; wherein the first surface comprises a first coated portion and a first uncoated portion surrounding the first coated portion, wherein the first uncoated portion extends a first distance radially inward from the edge toward a center of the first surface, wherein the second surface comprises a second coated portion and a second uncoated portion surrounding the second coated portion, wherein the second uncoated portion extends a second distance radially inward from the edge toward a center of the second surface.

A method includes: providing a plate-like glass element having side faces and an ultrashort pulse laser having a laser beam; directing the laser beam onto one of the side faces; concentrating the laser beam by focusing optics to form an elongated focus in the glass element; producing a filament-shaped flaw in a volume of the glass element by a radiated-in energy of the laser beam, a longitudinal direction of which runs transverse to one of the side faces, and the ultrashort pulse laser radiates in a pulse or a pulse packet having at least two successive laser pulses to produce the filament-shaped flaw; widening the filament-shaped flaw to form a channel by exposing the glass element to an etching including an etching medium which removes glass at a rate of less than 8 μm per hour; and introducing rounded, hemispherical depressions in a wall of the channel by the etching.

A method includes: providing a plate-like glass element having side faces and an ultrashort pulse laser having a laser beam; directing the laser beam onto one of the side faces; concentrating the laser beam by focusing optics to form an elongated focus in the glass element; producing a filament-shaped flaw in a volume of the glass element by a radiated-in energy of the laser beam, a longitudinal direction of which runs transverse to one of the side faces, and the ultrashort pulse laser radiates in a pulse or a pulse packet having at least two successive laser pulses to produce the filament-shaped flaw; widening the filament-shaped flaw to form a channel by exposing the glass element to an etching including an etching medium which removes glass at a rate of less than 8 μm per hour; and introducing rounded, hemispherical depressions in a wall of the channel by the etching.