Light emitting polymer blends and diffractive optical elements in high-speed direct laser writing of microstructures

Suyal, H. and Waddie, A.J. and Mackintosh, A.R. and Kuhne, A. and Taghizadeh, M.R. and Pethrick, R.A. and McCarthy, A. and Walker, A.C. and Gu, E. and Dawson, M.D. and Bradley, D.D.C. (2008) Light emitting polymer blends and diffractive optical elements in high-speed direct laser writing of microstructures. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 41 (094008). ISSN 0022-3727 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/41/9/094009)

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Abstract

In this paper, we describe a series of improvements that have been made to our direct laser writing waveguide/microfluidic fabrication technology. We demonstrate significant increases in the writing speed (measured in micrometres of written structure per second) by both the use of customized photopolymers containing light emitting polymer and the inclusion of a diffractive optical element to enable the writing of multiple channels in a single pass.

ORCID iDs

Suyal, H., Waddie, A.J., Mackintosh, A.R., Kuhne, A., Taghizadeh, M.R., Pethrick, R.A., McCarthy, A., Walker, A.C., Gu, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-9902, Dawson, M.D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6639-2989 and Bradley, D.D.C.;