Bessel and annular beams for materials processing

M Duocastella, CB Arnold - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐Gaussian beam profiles such as Bessel or annular beams enable novel approaches to
modifying materials through laser‐based processing. In this review paper, properties …

Polymerization mechanisms initiated by spatio-temporally confined light

E Skliutas, M Lebedevaite, E Kabouraki… - …, 2021 - degruyter.com
Ultrafast laser 3D lithography based on non-linear light–matter interactions, widely known as
multi-photon lithography (MPL), offers unrivaled precision rapid prototyping and flexible …

Abruptly autofocusing beams enable advanced multiscale photo-polymerization

M Manousidaki, DG Papazoglou, M Farsari… - Optica, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Tunable-ring Airy beams are experimentally generated and employed for the fabrication of
large three-dimensional structures with high resolution using multi-photon polymerization …

[HTML][HTML] High throughput direct writing of a mesoscale binary optical element by femtosecond long focal depth beams

Y Yang, E Jia, X Ma, C Xie, B Liu, Y Li… - Light: Advanced …, 2024 - light-am.com
Bessel beams have multiple applications owing to their propagation-invariant properties,
including particle trapping, optical coherence tomography, and material processing …

Two-photon polymerization of cylinder microstructures by femtosecond Bessel beams

L Yang, A El-Tamer, U Hinze, J Li, Y Hu… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, we present an approach to modulate femtosecond laser beams into Bessel
beams with a spatial light modulator (SLM) for two-photon polymerization applications …

Analysis of the formation of a longitudinally polarized optical needle by a lens and axicon under tightly focused conditions

SN Khonina, SA Degtyarev - Journal of Optical Technology, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We analyze various techniques for producing a thin needle of light in which the electric field
is longitudinally polarized. We consider the use of variously polarized laser beams tightly …

Materials processing with superposed Bessel beams

X Yu, CA Trallero-Herrero, S Lei - Applied Surface Science, 2016 - Elsevier
We report experimental results of femtosecond laser processing on the surface of glass and
metal thin film using superposed Bessel beams. These beams are generated by a …

Parallel two-photon photopolymerization of microgear patterns

G Bautista, MJ Romero, G Tapang, VR Daria - Optics communications, 2009 - Elsevier
We report parallel two-photon photopolymerization of microgear patterns by exposing a
photoresist to holographically generated optical vortices. The optical vortices are created by …

Holographic patterning of fluorescent microstructures comprising silver nanoclusters

P Kunwar, L Turquet, J Hassinen, RHA Ras… - Optical Materials …, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Metal nanoclusters, which exhibit extraordinary physical and chemical properties that are
different from their bulk counterparts, are highly promising nanomaterials for photonics …

Extending the Depth of Focus of an Infrared Microscope Using a Binary Axicon Fabricated on Barium Fluoride

M Han, D Smith, T Kahro, D Stonytė, A Kasikov… - Micromachines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Axial resolution is one of the most important characteristics of a microscope. In all
microscopes, a high axial resolution is desired in order to discriminate information efficiently …