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Single-pulse multiphoton fabrication of high aspect ratio structures with sub-micron features using vortex beams

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Single ultra-short pulses from Gaussian and vortex beams have been used for the fabrication of complex micro-structures via multi-photon polymerization. The complexity of the resultant micro-structures stems from the modification of both transverse intensity and phase profiles of these single pulses to create modulated scaffolds and hollow cylinders. Experimental results are compared to theoretical models, and good agreement is shown.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Giampaolo D’Alessandro of the School of Mathematics, University of Southampton, for helpful discussions on the simulations. This work was supported under EPSRC (grant number EP/HO491177/1) and by the ITN TOPBIO (PITN-GA-2010-264362).

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    Benjamin Mills, Sakellaris Mailis & Robert W. Eason

  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

    Dmytro Kundys

  3. IESL-FORTH, Heraklion, Greece

    Maria Farsari

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Mills, B., Kundys, D., Farsari, M. et al. Single-pulse multiphoton fabrication of high aspect ratio structures with sub-micron features using vortex beams. Appl. Phys. A 108, 651–655 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-012-6945-z

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