Light forms tiny 3D structures
Light forms tiny 3D structures
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光形成微小的 3D 结构
DOI:
10.1117/2.1200603.0181
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发表时间:
2006
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影响因子:
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通讯作者:
H. Misawa
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作者:
H. Misawa
The current trend toward miniaturization in science and technology is sustained mainly by planar two-dimensional processing of materials. A shift to inherently-3D fabrication could increase the efficiency and functionality of micro-chips. The most promising 3D processing tool that is capable of sub-micrometer resolution is a tightly-focused laser beam. Such a beam can deliver energy not just to a material’s surface, but inside its volume. 3D photo-modification of materials depends on processes that uses nonlinear optical absorption phenomena, the strongest of which is two-photon absorption. Here, we discuss two methods of 3D photo-structuring: photopolymerization, and dielectric breakdown using femtosecond laser pulses that have been focused so tightly that the spot size is comparable to the wavelength. 3D photo-polymerized resists and resins can achieve features sizes smaller than 100nm. 2 The critical exposure necessary to polymerize the material can accumulate either by the serial method of direct laser writing or by the parallel method of holographic patterning. In the direct-laser-writing method (see Figure 1), multiple laser pulses provide the energy for nonlinear absorption. The holographic method depends on interference between several beams and pulses (see Figure 2). 7 Another parallel method uses a microlens array with direct laser writing to create multiple beam foci. 8 Holographic recording allows control of the phases and polarizations of interfering beams and is a versatile method for forming complex 3D lattices. 10 The fabrication possibilities added by controlling the polarizations of interfering beams allows this method to form optically-active photonic structures or their templates. Some possibilities, shown in Figure 3, include chiral patterns made using three interfering side-beams or patterns exhibiting a photonic bandgap (the diamond-like pattern formed by four beams). The interference between six side beams and a central circularly-polarized beam can form spiral patterns. By adding a counter-propagating circularly-polarized beam, the interference forms a 3D pattern of ring-like structures that may be useful for studying left-handed materials. Note that 1D photonic structures can also be formed by interfering one circularly-polarized sideFigure 1. Two views of a spiral photonic-crystal template that includes an intentional defect in the top layer. The photonic crystal was recorded in SU-8 resist using direct laser writing at a wavelength of 800nm, with 0.5nJ pulses 180fs long, and a repetition rate of 1kHz. Between each exposure, the beam was shifted laterally by 20nm.
DOI:
10.1007/s00339-004-3108-x
发表时间:
2005-02-01
影响因子:
2.7
作者:
Matsuo, S;Juodkazis, S;Misawa, H
通讯作者:
Misawa, H
影响因子:
3.5
作者:
Juodkazis, S;Mizeikis, V;Misawa, H
通讯作者:
Misawa, H