| 摘要 |
<p>The time required for forming a modified region within an object to be processed is shortened. An apparatus 100 comprises a mount table 107, a light source 101 for emitting linearly polarized laser light L, a light source 41 for emitting laser light L3, a wave plate 51 for changing the polarization direction of the laser light L, a polarizing plate 52 for splitting the laser light L into a laser light component L1 having a polarization direction in an X direction and a laser light component L2 having a polarization direction in a Y direction, a wave plate 55 for orienting the polarization direction of the split laser light component L2 to the X direction, a lens 31 for converging the laser light components L1, L3, a lens 32 which is arranged in parallel with the lens 31 along the X direction and converges the laser light component L2 having the polarization direction oriented to the X direction, a control section 105 for controlling a device 29 such that a converging point of the laser light component L2 is located at a predetermined position with reference to a front face 3 by detecting a reflected light component L4, and a control section 115 for moving the mount table 107 along a line 5 while making the X direction substantially coincide with the line 5.</p> |
