Single-exposure multiphoton fabrication of polygonized structures by an SLM-modulated Fresnel zone lens

Chenchu Zhang; Yanlei Hu; Jiawen Li; Zhaoxin Lao; Bing Xu; Jincheng Ni; Ze Cai; Dong Wu; Jiaru Chu

doi:10.1117/1.OE.55.3.035102

11 March 2016 Single-exposure multiphoton fabrication of polygonized structures by an SLM-modulated Fresnel zone lens

Chenchu Zhang, Yanlei Hu, Jiawen Li, Zhaoxin Lao, Bing Xu, Jincheng Ni, Ze Cai, Dong Wu, Jiaru Chu

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 55, Issue 3, 035102 (March 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.3.035102

Abstract

Recently, annular beams have been developed to rapidly fabricate microscope tubular structures via two-photon polymerization, but the distribution of the light field is limited to a ring pattern. Here a Fresnel lens is designed and applied to modulate the light field into a uniform quadrangle or hexagon shape with controllable diameters. By applying a spatial light modulator to load the phase information of the Fresnel lens, quadrangle and hexagon structures are achieved through single exposure of a femtosecond laser. A 3×6 array of structures is made within 9 s. Comparing with the conventional holographic processing, this method shows higher uniformity, high efficiency, better flexibility, and easy operation. The approach exhibited a promising prospect in rapidly fabricating structures such as tissue engineering scaffolds and variously shaped tubular arrays.

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Chenchu Zhang, Yanlei Hu, Jiawen Li, Zhaoxin Lao, Bing Xu, Jincheng Ni, Ze Cai, Dong Wu, and Jiaru Chu "Single-exposure multiphoton fabrication of polygonized structures by an SLM-modulated Fresnel zone lens," Optical Engineering 55(3), 035102 (11 March 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.3.035102

Published: 11 March 2016

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