Rapid Prototyping of a Dammann Grating in DMD-Based Maskless Lithography

Microstructures are fabricated with a fast fabrication speed, submicron-scale precision and a minimum feature size of 1.5 μm. The proposed rapid prototyping fabrication method takes advantage of the maskless lithography technique based on a digital mirror device (DMD) and photocurable res...

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Main Authors: Qi Zheng, Jinyun Zhou, Qiming Chen, Liang Lei, Kunhua Wen, Yiming Hu
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2019-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8886475/
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Jinyun Zhou
Qiming Chen
Liang Lei
Kunhua Wen
Yiming Hu
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Liang Lei
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Yiming Hu
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description Microstructures are fabricated with a fast fabrication speed, submicron-scale precision and a minimum feature size of 1.5 μm. The proposed rapid prototyping fabrication method takes advantage of the maskless lithography technique based on a digital mirror device (DMD) and photocurable resin, which has a broad range of uses in three-dimensional (3D) printing. To illustrate the feasibility of this method, a Dammann grating is fabricated. Using a series of experiments and optimized designs, we analyze the characteristics of the photocurable resin, quantify the dose modulation for lithography and redesign the mask pattern. Consequently, a Dammann grating with a 50% diffraction efficiency is successfully fabricated, which can not only guarantee the precision but also maintain the fabrication speed. This work demonstrates the potential of this method to rapidly and directly manufacture binary optical elements or structures at the nanoscale based on photocurable resin and DMD-based maskless lithography.
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spelling doaj-art-b52b5cbf2efa436fa6e9b0dc33d140042025-08-20T02:38:09ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552019-01-0111611010.1109/JPHOT.2019.29502818886475Rapid Prototyping of a Dammann Grating in DMD-Based Maskless LithographyQi Zheng0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9578-5776Jinyun Zhou1Qiming Chen2Liang Lei3Kunhua Wen4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7658-8731Yiming Hu5School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaMicrostructures are fabricated with a fast fabrication speed, submicron-scale precision and a minimum feature size of 1.5 μm. The proposed rapid prototyping fabrication method takes advantage of the maskless lithography technique based on a digital mirror device (DMD) and photocurable resin, which has a broad range of uses in three-dimensional (3D) printing. To illustrate the feasibility of this method, a Dammann grating is fabricated. Using a series of experiments and optimized designs, we analyze the characteristics of the photocurable resin, quantify the dose modulation for lithography and redesign the mask pattern. Consequently, a Dammann grating with a 50% diffraction efficiency is successfully fabricated, which can not only guarantee the precision but also maintain the fabrication speed. This work demonstrates the potential of this method to rapidly and directly manufacture binary optical elements or structures at the nanoscale based on photocurable resin and DMD-based maskless lithography.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8886475/Maskless lithographyrapid prototypingmicro-structurebinary optical elementDammann grating.
spellingShingle Qi Zheng
Jinyun Zhou
Qiming Chen
Liang Lei
Kunhua Wen
Yiming Hu
Rapid Prototyping of a Dammann Grating in DMD-Based Maskless Lithography
IEEE Photonics Journal
Maskless lithography
rapid prototyping
micro-structure
binary optical element
Dammann grating.
title Rapid Prototyping of a Dammann Grating in DMD-Based Maskless Lithography
title_full Rapid Prototyping of a Dammann Grating in DMD-Based Maskless Lithography
title_fullStr Rapid Prototyping of a Dammann Grating in DMD-Based Maskless Lithography
title_full_unstemmed Rapid Prototyping of a Dammann Grating in DMD-Based Maskless Lithography
title_short Rapid Prototyping of a Dammann Grating in DMD-Based Maskless Lithography
title_sort rapid prototyping of a dammann grating in dmd based maskless lithography
topic Maskless lithography
rapid prototyping
micro-structure
binary optical element
Dammann grating.
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8886475/
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