Fabrication of three-dimensional structures by three-photon polymerization

Opt Lett. 2005 Dec 1;30(23):3180-2. doi: 10.1364/ol.30.003180.

Abstract

We report the fabrication of three-dimensional structures of submicrometer resolution by three-photon polymerization. This resolution has been achieved by polymerizing ORMOCER, a UV photocurable organic-inorganic hybrid material, with an ultrafast laser irradiation at 1028 nm. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of three-photon polymerization, a process that may allow the fabrication of components of very high resolution.