Direct Femtosecond Laser Writing of Micro-Optical Components

Alessandra Nardini1,2, Rebeca Martínez Vázquez2, Behjat Sadat Kariman3

  • 1Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Salento c/o College Isufi, Centro Ecoteckne, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.

Micromachines
|October 29, 2025
PubMed
Summary

Direct femtosecond laser writing (DLW), or two-photon polymerization (2PP), is a 3D micro/nano-structuring technique. It was first demonstrated in 1997 using infrared femtosecond laser photopolymerization of UV-curable resists.

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