Three-Dimensional Laser Printing of Macro-Scale Glass Objects at a Micro-Scale Resolution
Three-dimensional (3D) printing has allowed for the production of geometrically complex 3D objects with extreme flexibility, which is currently undergoing rapid expansion in terms of materials, functionalities, as well as areas of application. When attempting to print 3D microstructures in glass, fe...
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| author | Peng Wang Wei Chu Wenbo Li Yuanxin Tan Fang Liu Min Wang Jia Qi Jintian Lin Fangbo Zhang Zhanshan Wang Ya Cheng |
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| description | Three-dimensional (3D) printing has allowed for the production of geometrically complex 3D objects with extreme flexibility, which is currently undergoing rapid expansion 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 the fabrication of macro-scale 3D glass objects of large heights up to ~3.8 cm with an identical lateral and longitudinal feature size 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 depth-insensitive focusing of the laser pulses inside fused silica. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3b0dfffc968b4c6cabb5a84e437f84b52022-12-22T01:55:29ZengMDPI AGMicromachines2072-666X2019-08-0110956510.3390/mi10090565mi10090565Three-Dimensional Laser Printing of Macro-Scale Glass Objects at a Micro-Scale ResolutionPeng Wang0Wei Chu1Wenbo Li2Yuanxin Tan3Fang Liu4Min Wang5Jia Qi6Jintian Lin7Fangbo Zhang8Zhanshan Wang9Ya Cheng10School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, ChinaState Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, ChinaState Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, ChinaState Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, ChinaSchool of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 200031, ChinaXXL—The Extreme Optoelectromechanics Laboratory, School of Physics and Materials Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, ChinaState Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, ChinaState Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, ChinaState Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, ChinaSchool of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, ChinaState Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, ChinaThree-dimensional (3D) printing has allowed for the production of geometrically complex 3D objects with extreme flexibility, which is currently undergoing rapid expansion 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 the fabrication of macro-scale 3D glass objects of large heights up to ~3.8 cm with an identical lateral and longitudinal feature size 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 depth-insensitive focusing of the laser pulses inside fused silica.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/10/9/565ultrafast laser microfabrication3D glass printinglight-field manipulation |
| spellingShingle | Peng Wang Wei Chu Wenbo Li Yuanxin Tan Fang Liu Min Wang Jia Qi Jintian Lin Fangbo Zhang Zhanshan Wang Ya Cheng Three-Dimensional Laser Printing of Macro-Scale Glass Objects at a Micro-Scale Resolution Micromachines ultrafast laser microfabrication 3D glass printing light-field manipulation |
| title | Three-Dimensional Laser Printing of Macro-Scale Glass Objects at a Micro-Scale Resolution |
| title_full | Three-Dimensional Laser Printing of Macro-Scale Glass Objects at a Micro-Scale Resolution |
| title_fullStr | Three-Dimensional Laser Printing of Macro-Scale Glass Objects at a Micro-Scale Resolution |
| title_full_unstemmed | Three-Dimensional Laser Printing of Macro-Scale Glass Objects at a Micro-Scale Resolution |
| title_short | Three-Dimensional Laser Printing of Macro-Scale Glass Objects at a Micro-Scale Resolution |
| title_sort | three dimensional laser printing of macro scale glass objects at a micro scale resolution |
| topic | ultrafast laser microfabrication 3D glass printing light-field manipulation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/10/9/565 |
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