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Two-Photon Polymerization Lithography for Optics and Photonics: Fundamentals, Materials, Technologies, and Applications

  • Hao Wang
  • , Wang Zhang
  • , Dimitra Ladika
  • , Haoyi Yu
  • , Darius Gailevičius
  • , Hongtao Wang
  • , Cheng Feng Pan
  • , Parvathi Nair Suseela Nair
  • , Yujie Ke
  • , Tomohiro Mori
  • , John You En Chan
  • , Qifeng Ruan
  • , Maria Farsari
  • , Mangirdas Malinauskas
  • , Saulius Juodkazis
  • , Min Gu
  • , Joel K.W. Yang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Singapore University of Technology and Design
  • Hunan University
  • Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser
  • University of Crete
  • University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
  • Vilnius University
  • Industrial Technology Center of Wakayama Prefecture
  • Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen
  • Swinburne University of Technology
  • Institute of Science Tokyo
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore

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Abstract

The rapid development of additive manufacturing has fueled a revolution in various research fields and industrial applications. Among the myriad of advanced 3D printing techniques, two-photon polymerization lithography (TPL) uniquely offers a significant advantage in nanoscale print resolution, and has been widely employed in diverse fields, for example, life sciences, materials sciences, mechanics, and microfluidics. More recently, by virtue of the optical transparency of most of the resins used, TPL is finding new applications in optics and photonics, with nanometer to millimeter feature dimensions. It enables the minimization of optical elements and systems, and exploration of light-matter interactions with new degrees of freedom, never possible before. To review the recent progress in the TPL related optical research, it starts with the fundamentals of TPL and material formulation, then discusses novel fabrication methods, and a wide range of optical applications. These applications notably include diffractive, topological, quantum, and color optics. With a panoramic view of the development, it is concluded with insights and perspectives of the future development of TPL and related potential optical applications.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2214211
JournalAdvanced Functional Materials
Volume33
Issue number39
DOIs
StatePublished - 26 Sep 2023
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • 3D printing
  • additive manufacturing
  • direct laser writing
  • light-matter interaction
  • optics and photonics
  • two-photon polymerization lithography

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