High-resolution femtosecond laser 3D micromachining using low-NA focusing systems

  • Wei Chu
  • , Peng Wang
  • , Lingling Qiao
  • , Wenbo Li
  • , Yuanxin Tan
  • , Ya Cheng*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Low-NA focusing systems can offer longer working distances than the high-NA ones, thereby enabling fabrication of 3D structures of great heights/thicknesses. However, degradation of the longitudinal resolution occurs at low NAs as a consequence of diffraction of the light waves. Here, we report on high-resolution laser printing of three dimensional (3D) structures of heights up to a few centimeters with a sub-10 μm longitudinal resolution by incorporating a simultaneous spatiotemporal focusing (SSTF) scheme into the femtosecond laser direct writing. Remarkably, the SSTF can ensure generation of symmetric focal spots (i.e., spherical focal spots) of comparable sizes along both the horizontal and vertical directions. The resolutions are tunable in real time by dynamically varying the power of the writing laser beam. The ability to simultaneous achieving the large heights and high longitudinal resolutions in femtosecond laser 3D micromachining is of great use for applications ranging from microfluidics to infrared and THz photonics.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFrontiers in Ultrafast Optics
Subtitle of host publicationBiomedical, Scientific, and Industrial Applications XIX
EditorsMichel Meunier, Roberto Osellame, Peter R. Herman
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510624580
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
EventFrontiers in Ultrafast Optics: Biomedical, Scientific, and Industrial Applications XIX 2019 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 2 Feb 20195 Feb 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume10908
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceFrontiers in Ultrafast Optics: Biomedical, Scientific, and Industrial Applications XIX 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period2/02/195/02/19

Keywords

  • 3D micromachining
  • Femtosecond laser microfabrication
  • simultaneous spatiotemporal focusing

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