Multi-material additive manufacturing based on µ-dispenser technology for tailored polymer micro-optics

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Autoren

  • Fabian Kranert
  • Alexander Schulze Finkenbrink
  • Moritz Hinkelmann
  • Jörg Neumann
  • Dietmar Kracht

Externe Organisationen

  • Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Titel des SammelwerksAdvanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics XVI
Herausgeber/-innenGeorg von Freymann, Eva Blasco, Debashis Chanda
Herausgeber (Verlag)SPIE
ISBN (elektronisch)9781510659711
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 15 März 2023
VeranstaltungAdvanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics XVI 2023 - San Francisco, USA / Vereinigte Staaten
Dauer: 28 Jan. 20233 Feb. 2023

Publikationsreihe

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Band12433
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (elektronisch)1996-756X

Abstract

Integrated optics are an innovation driver for a multitude of industrial applications like autonomous driving or point-of-care diagnostics. With the increasing demand for miniaturized, low-cost optical systems, new methods for fabricating tailored graded index micro-optics are required. Additive manufacturing is a promising technology for this not only due to its high design freedom, but also because of the potential for function integration via multi-material printing or the integration into digitized process chains. In fact, additive manufacturing of optical elements has not matured yet due to the requirement to fabricate 3D objects with optical quality. In this contribution, µ-dispenser direct ink writing based on transparent photopolymers is presented that enables the production of multi-material micro-optical elements. It will be shown that the achievable printing resolution for 0D- and 1D-structures is mainly depending on the needle diameter. Mono-material spherical and cylindrical lenses with a geometric dimension in the range of a few micrometers have been successfully fabricated and characterized. The geometric shape fidelity of printed 2D-layers, which suffers from surface tension effects due to the material’s molecular cohesive forces, is optimized by proper printing strategies. In an outlook, the route towards the production of micro-optic, function-integrated 3D GRIN elements is given, by using a mixer module to realize combined and gradable extrusion of two photopolymers.

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Multi-material additive manufacturing based on µ-dispenser technology for tailored polymer micro-optics. / Kranert, Fabian; Finkenbrink, Alexander Schulze; Hinkelmann, Moritz et al.
Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics XVI. Hrsg. / Georg von Freymann; Eva Blasco; Debashis Chanda. SPIE, 2023. 124330D (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Band 12433).

Publikation: Beitrag in Buch/Bericht/Sammelwerk/KonferenzbandAufsatz in KonferenzbandForschungPeer-Review

Kranert, F, Finkenbrink, AS, Hinkelmann, M, Neumann, J & Kracht, D 2023, Multi-material additive manufacturing based on µ-dispenser technology for tailored polymer micro-optics. in G von Freymann, E Blasco & D Chanda (Hrsg.), Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics XVI., 124330D, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bd. 12433, SPIE, Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics XVI 2023, San Francisco, USA / Vereinigte Staaten, 28 Jan. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2649849
Kranert, F., Finkenbrink, A. S., Hinkelmann, M., Neumann, J., & Kracht, D. (2023). Multi-material additive manufacturing based on µ-dispenser technology for tailored polymer micro-optics. In G. von Freymann, E. Blasco, & D. Chanda (Hrsg.), Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics XVI Artikel 124330D (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Band 12433). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2649849
Kranert F, Finkenbrink AS, Hinkelmann M, Neumann J, Kracht D. Multi-material additive manufacturing based on µ-dispenser technology for tailored polymer micro-optics. in von Freymann G, Blasco E, Chanda D, Hrsg., Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics XVI. SPIE. 2023. 124330D. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). doi: 10.1117/12.2649849
Kranert, Fabian ; Finkenbrink, Alexander Schulze ; Hinkelmann, Moritz et al. / Multi-material additive manufacturing based on µ-dispenser technology for tailored polymer micro-optics. Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics XVI. Hrsg. / Georg von Freymann ; Eva Blasco ; Debashis Chanda. SPIE, 2023. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering).
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