Advanced Optics and Photonics: Additive Manufacturing
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 456
Special Issue Editors
Interests: 3D printing optics; optical additive manufacturing; intelligent manufacturing; glass optics; optical design; imaging optics; IR optics
Interests: multi-photon lithography; advanced high-presicion 3D printing; optics and photonics; micro-optics; photonic structures; biomimetics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Additive manufacturing (AM) has emerged as a transformative technology, capturing significant research interest for its potential to revolutionize modern, flexible, and extreme manufacturing methods. This advanced technology promises substantial improvements and reforms to traditional manufacturing practices. Its applications span a wide range of fields, including optics, biology, photonics, and optoelectronics. However, current AM methods face several challenges in meeting specific requirements:
- Material Choice Limitations: The development of effective multi-material manufacturing methodologies is hindered by limitations in material properties such as the refractive index and Abbe number. Expanding the range of available materials is crucial for creating high-performance optical systems, as the use of multiple materials is essential for minimizing optical system chromatic aberrations.
- Spatial Manufacturing Resolution: The current resolution limits at sub-wavelength scales restrict the potential characteristics of manufactured elements. Advancing both manufacturing methodologies and materials is necessary to fully exploit the capabilities of AM.
- Throughput and Accuracy Balance: The trade-off between manufacturing throughput and accuracy impedes the development of extreme optics and photonics, such as photonic crystal fibers or multi-lens objective systems.
- Complex Optical Pathways: AM introduces new possibilities for complex optical paths and intricate light intensity distributions that exceed the capabilities of conventional design techniques. To harness these new capabilities, it is essential to develop a novel optical design framework specifically tailored for 3D printing. This innovative design methodology will unlock the full potential of modern optical systems, meeting the evolving demands of cutting-edge optical applications.
Several key topics in the field of advanced additive manufacturing method in optics and photonics include the following:
- Development of new polymer-based AM materials and their technological advancements;
- Development of new glass-based AM materials and their technological advancements;
- Design and applications of glass/polymer AM optical systems;
- Design and applications of glass/polymer AM photonics;
- Multi-material AM methodologies for optical/photonics applications;
- High-yield AM methodologies for optical/photonics elements;
- High-precision AM methodologies for optical/photonics elements;
- AM for micro/nano-optics or photonics;
- Theoretical and computational studies of light-matter interactions in optics or photonics.
Additionally, this discussion addresses defect formation, feasible solutions, and potential applications. It also provides an in-depth analysis of current limitations and future development perspectives for each category of AM, offering valuable insights for ongoing and future research in this dynamic and interdisciplinary field.
Dr. Zhihan Hong
Dr. Gordon Zyla
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- glass optics
- polymer optics
- glass photonics
- polymer photonics
- additive manufacturing
- optical design
- photonics crystal fiber
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