Resolution improvement of femtosecond laser induced two-photon polymerization based on phase filtering

Optical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Xiang ^a   He, Jijun ^a   Ma, Jianqiang ^a   Ding, Junjun ^a   Chu, Jiaru ^a   Huang, Wenhao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

femtosecond laser; genetic algorithm; phase modulation; super resolution; two photon polymerization

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION LIMITS; FEMTO-SECOND LASER; FILTER-BASED; HIGH RESOLUTION; LASER EXPOSURE; PHASE FILTERING; PHASE FILTERS; RADIAL COMPRESSION; RESOLUTION IMPROVEMENT; SUPER RESOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) FABRICATION; TWO PHOTON POLYMERIZATION;

COMPRESSION RATIO (MACHINERY); FABRICATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE MODULATION; PHOTONS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 81755187103     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3574769     Document Type: Article

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