| CPC B23K 26/53 (2015.10) [B23K 26/0622 (2015.10); B23K 26/0648 (2013.01); B23K 26/073 (2013.01); B23K 26/18 (2013.01); B23K 2103/54 (2018.08)] | 16 Claims |

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1. A method comprising directing a laser beam onto a phase-adjustment device such that the laser beam downstream the phase-adjustment device comprises a modified Airy beam having a modified Airy beam focal region comprising a main lobe and a plurality of side lobes, wherein the main lobe comprises a lobe aspect ratio of 1.2 or greater, and wherein the phase-adjustment device comprises a phase modulation function Ø=(αk)3(x3+(αyy)3), where α is a frequency of phase
![]() modulation where λ is a wavelength of the laser beam, x and y are spatial coordinates of the phase-adjustment device, and αy is a phase modulation frequency ratio which is 0.8 or less.
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