Wang, P.; Chu, W.; Li, W.; Tan, Y.; Liu, F.; Wang, M.; Qi, J.; Lin, J.; Zhang, F.; Wang, Z.; Cheng, Y. Three-Dimensional Laser Printing of Macro-Scale Glass Objects at a Micro-Scale Resolution. Micromachines2019, 10, 565.
Wang, P.; Chu, W.; Li, W.; Tan, Y.; Liu, F.; Wang, M.; Qi, J.; Lin, J.; Zhang, F.; Wang, Z.; Cheng, Y. Three-Dimensional Laser Printing of Macro-Scale Glass Objects at a Micro-Scale Resolution. Micromachines 2019, 10, 565.
Wang, P.; Chu, W.; Li, W.; Tan, Y.; Liu, F.; Wang, M.; Qi, J.; Lin, J.; Zhang, F.; Wang, Z.; Cheng, Y. Three-Dimensional Laser Printing of Macro-Scale Glass Objects at a Micro-Scale Resolution. Micromachines2019, 10, 565.
Wang, P.; Chu, W.; Li, W.; Tan, Y.; Liu, F.; Wang, M.; Qi, J.; Lin, J.; Zhang, F.; Wang, Z.; Cheng, Y. Three-Dimensional Laser Printing of Macro-Scale Glass Objects at a Micro-Scale Resolution. Micromachines 2019, 10, 565.
Abstract
Three-dimensional (3D) printing has allowed for production of geometrically complex 3D objects with extreme flexibility, which is currently undergoing rapid expansions in terms of materials, functionalities, as well as areas of application. When attempting to print 3D microstructures in glass, femtosecond laser induced chemical etching (FLICE) – which is a subtractive 3D printing technique – has proved itself a powerful approach. Here, we demonstrate fabrication of macro-scale 3D glass objects of large heights up to ~3.8 cm with an identical lateral and longitudinal spatial resolution of ~20 μm. The remarkable accomplishment is achieved by revealing an unexplored regime in the interaction of ultrafast laser pulses with fused silica which results in aberration-free focusing of the laser pulses deeply inside fused silica.
Keywords
ultrafast laser microfabrication; 3D glass printing; light field manipulation
Subject
Physical Sciences, Optics and Photonics
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