中国激光
2023, 50(24): 2402402
中国激光
2023, 50(21): 2107401

Author Affiliations
Abstract
Ultrafast Laser Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Information Technical Science of Ministry of Education, School of Precision Instruments and Opto-electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
The manipulation of structured light beams requires simultaneous spatial modulation of amplitude and phase. Based on the double-phase holography (DPH) algorithm, we demonstrate an efficient reconstruction of Bessel beams with arbitrary on-axis intensity. Also, the off-axis DPH method enables more than doubled laser energy utilization compared with the widely-used off-axis phase wrapping modulation method. The DPH algorithm is also used in two-photon polymerization to enable the rapid fabrication of microtube arrays, ortho-hexagonal scaffolds, and 2D patterned microstructures. This work gives experimental proof to show the powerful feasibility of the DPH method in constructing economic adaptive laser processing systems.
double-phase hologram structured beam two-photon polymerization Chinese Optics Letters
2023, 21(11): 110002
1 沈阳化工大学信息工程学院,辽宁 沈阳 110027
2 中国科学院沈阳自动化研究所机器人学国家重点实验室,辽宁 沈阳 110016
3 中国科学院机器人与智能制造创新研究院,辽宁 沈阳 110016
4 中国科学院大学,北京 100049
微型软体机器人通常具有结构尺寸小、柔性可变形等特征,在生物传感以及靶向载药等方面具有广阔的应用前景。刺激响应型水凝胶材料对外界刺激具有膨胀收缩的能力,是一种优异的微型软体机器人本体材料。目前针对提升微型软体机器人变形能力的研究主要聚焦于材料性能的提升和加工工艺的优化上,而通过微型软体机器人关节结构优化来提升其变形性能的研究相对较少。鉴于此,笔者提出了一种基于双光子聚合加工的双层膜弧形关节的设计方法,有效提升了双层膜关节的形变能力。通过改变双光子聚合过程中的激光功率和扫描速度,可有效调节pH响应材料的溶胀响应特性,进而获得双层膜关节的变形或驱动能力。进一步,笔者制备了圆心角不同的双层膜弧形关节,结果表明:不同圆心角的双层膜弧形关节在pH响应下的形变能力具有明显差异,当圆心角为240°时形变率最大,形变率是传统直角形双层膜关节的6.73倍。基于双层膜设计和构建的弧形关节具有良好的稳定性和形变能力,为微型机器人的高效驱动提供了新的设计思路。
激光技术 双光子聚合 微尺度 双层膜 变形性能 laser technique two-photon polymerization microscale double-layer membrane deformation properties 中国激光
2023, 50(20): 2002402
中国激光
2023, 50(20): 2002401
中国激光
2023, 50(18): 1813007

Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 University of Freiburg, Department of Microsystems Engineering, Laboratory for Micro-Optics, Freiburg, Germany
2 GRINTECH GmbH, Jena, Germany
3 University of Freiburg, Department of Microsystems Engineering, Microsystems for Biomedical Imaging Laboratory, Freiburg, Germany
One-dimensional Airy beams allow the generation of thin light-sheets without scanning, simplifying the complex optical arrangements of light-sheet microscopes (LSMs) with an extended field of view (FOV). However, their uniaxial acceleration limits the maximum numerical aperture of the detection objective in order to keep both the active and inactive axes within the depth of field. This problem is particularly pronounced in miniaturized LSM implementations, such as those for endomicroscopy or multi-photon neural imaging in freely moving animals using head-mounted miniscopes. We propose a new method to generate a static Airy light-sheet with biaxial acceleration, based on a novel phase profile. This light-sheet has the geometry of a spherical shell whose radius of curvature can be designed to match the field curvature of the micro-objective. We present an analytical model for the analysis of the light-sheet parameters and verify it by numerical simulations in the paraxial regime. We also discuss a micro-optical experimental implementation combining gradient-index optics with a 3D-nanoprinted, fully refractive phase plate. The results confirm that we are able to match detection curvatures with radii in the range of 1.5 to 2 mm.
light-sheet microscopy Airy beam accelerating beams field curvature two-photon polymerization Advanced Photonics Nexus
2023, 2(5): 056005

Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 Ultrafast Laser Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Information Technical Science of Ministry of Education, School of Precision Instruments and Opto-electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
2 FEMTO-ST Institute, Université de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté UMR-6174, 25030 Besançon, France
In the femtosecond two-photon polymerization (2PP) experimental system, optical aberrations degrade the fabrication quality. To solve this issue, a multichannel interferometric wavefront sensing technique is adopted in the adaptive laser processing system with a single phase-only spatial light modulator. 2PP fabrications using corrected high-order Bessel beams with the above solution have been conducted, and high-quality microstructure arrays of microtubes with 20 µm diameter have been rapidly manufactured. The effectiveness of the proposed scheme is demonstrated by comparing the beam intensity distributions and 2PP results before and after aberration corrections.
femtosecond laser two-photon polymerization aberration correction Bessel beams Chinese Optics Letters
2023, 21(7): 071203

1 暨南大学 光子技术研究院 广东省光纤传感与通信技术重点实验室,广东 广州 511443
2 中国科学院理化技术研究所 仿生智能界面科学中心 有机纳米光子学实验室,北京 100190
Overview: Femtosecond laser two-photon polymerization (TPP) micro-nanofabrication technology is a new type of three-dimensional lithography technology that integrates nonlinear optics, ultra-fast pulsed laser, microscopic imaging, ultra-high-precision positioning, three-dimensional (3D) graphics CAD modeling, and photochemical materials. It has the characteristics of simplicity, low cost, high resolution, true 3D, and so on. Different from the technical route of shortening the wavelength of the traditional lithography, this TPP technology breaks through the optical diffraction limit using the ultrafast laser in the near-infrared and the nonlinear optical effect of the interaction between the laser and the material. TPP can achieve true 3D fabrication of complex 3D structures. After the femtosecond pulse laser is tightly focused in space, photopolymerization is initiated by the two-photon absorption(TPA), which can limit the fabrication area in the center of the focus. The interaction time of the ultrashort pulse with the material is much lower than the thermal relaxation of the material, avoiding the photothermal effect. The lateral linewidth can be reduced to about 100 nm due to the strong threshold characteristics of the two-photon absorption process. Thus, TPP is an ideal fabrication method in the field of 3D micro-nanostructure. Since 2001, Kawata’s team has used a near-infrared femtosecond laser with a wavelength of 780 nm to fabricate a "nanobull" with the size of red blood cells. It fully demonstrated the advantages of TPP in the preparation of three-dimensional micro-nano structures. At the same time, a polymer nanodot with a size of 120 nm was fabricated, which was only 1/7 of the laser wavelength, breaking the optical diffraction limit in this study. Since then, scientists from various countries have improved the line width, resolution, and other parameters of 3D structure by continuously improving the materials, structure, processing technology and light field control, and other aspects. At the same time, with the continuous development and improvement of the 3D nanostructure fabrication technology, the advantages of TPP technology are also reflected in some application fields, such as micro-optical devices, integrated optical devices, micro-electromechanical systems, and biomedical devices. This paper will systematically introduce the femtosecond laser TPP micro-nanofabrication technology, including the fabricating principle, the development of fabricating methods, and its research overview in many application fields. Finally, its existing problems and future development and application prospects are discussed.
飞秒激光 双光子聚合 光学衍射极限 加工分辨力 加工效率 femtosecond laser two-photon polymerization optical diffraction limit resolution efficiency

Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and School of Optical and Electronic Information, Wuhan, China
2 Optics Valley Laboratory, Wuhan, China
The Mathieu beam is a typical nondiffracting beam characterized by its propagation invariance and self-reconstruction. These extraordinary properties have given rise to potentialities for applications such as optical communications, optical trapping, and material processing. However, the experimental generation of Mathieu–Gauss beams possessing high quality and compactness is still challenging. In this work, even and helical Mathieu phase plates with different orders m and ellipticity parameters q are fabricated by femtosecond laser two-photon polymerization. The experimentally generated nondiffracting beams are propagation-invariant in several hundred millimeters, which agree with numerical simulations. This work may promote the miniaturization of the application of nondiffracting beams in micronanooptics.
femtosecond laser micromachining two-photon polymerization nondiffracting beams Mathieu–Gauss beams Advanced Photonics Nexus
2023, 2(1): 016011