3D Printing of Optical Components

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction to Additive Manufacturing

   • Miranda Fateri, Andreas Gebhardt

   Pages 1-22

3. Selective Laser Melting of Reflective Optics

   • Georg Leuteritz, Marcel Philipp Held, Roland Lachmayer

   Pages 23-44

4. 3D Printing of Optics Based on Conventional Printing Technologies

   • Manuel Rank, Andre Sigel, Yannick Bauckhage, Sangeetha Suresh-Nair, Mike Dohmen, Christian Eder et al.

   Pages 45-167

5. 3D Printing of Transparent Glasses

   • Frederik Kotz, Dorothea Helmer, Bastian E. Rapp

   Pages 169-184

6. Industrial-Scale Fabrication of Optical Components Using High-Precision 3D Printing: Aspects-Applications-Perspectives

   • B. Stender, W. Mantei, J. Wiedenmann, Y. Dupuis, F. Hilbert, R. Houbertz et al.

   Pages 185-237

7. 3D-Printed Microoptics by Femtosecond Direct Laser Writing

   • Simon Thiele, Alois Herkommer

   Pages 239-262

8. Hybrid Polymers for Conventional and Additive Manufacturing of Microoptical Elements

   • Martin Herder, Jan Jasper Klein, Marko Vogler, Maria-Melanie Russew, Arne Schleunitz, Gabi Grützner

   Pages 263-297

This edited volume reviews the current state of the art in the additive manufacturing of optical componentry, exploring key principles, materials, processes and applications.  

A short introduction lets readers familiarize themselves with the fundamental principles of the 3D printing method. This is followed by a chapter on commonly-used and emerging materials for printing of optical components, and subsequent chapters are dedicated to specific topics and case studies. The high potential of additive manufactured optical components is presented based on different manufacturing techniques and accompanied with extensive examples – from nanooptics to large scale optics – and taking research and industrial perspectives. Readers are provided with an extensive overview of the new possibilities brought about by this alternative method for optical components manufacture. Finally, the limitations of the method with respect to manufacturing techniques, materials and optical properties of the generated objects are discussed.  

With contributions from experts in academia and industry, this work will appeal to a wide readership, from undergraduate students through engineers to researchers interested in modern methods of manufacturing optical components.

• 3D printing of optical components
• Manufacturing of optical components
• Additive manufacturing of optical components
• 3D printing of optics
• Manufacturing of optics
• Additive manufacturing of optics
• Micro and macro scale optics
• Additive manufacturing from the nanoscale to the macroscale
• Optical Systems design
• illumination systems design
• Microscopes design
• Imaging systems design
• Design of photonic detectors and devices

• Center for Optical Technologies, Aalen University, Aalen, Germany

  Andreas Heinrich

​Andreas Heinrich studied physics at Technical University Munich and received his Ph.D. in 2001. Until 2007, he headed a research group at Augsburg University focusing on optical investigations of the magnetic field penetration into superconductors. In 2006, he completed his postdoctoral lecture qualification. From 2007 to 2013, he went to industry. First, he worked as a project manager for research projects at Carl Zeiss SMT. Later on, he headed the metrology group within Carl Zeiss Corporate Research. Since 2013, he is a full Professor at Aalen University and working with his research group in the field of design and additive manufacturing of optical components for optical systems.