Frontiers in Materials (Oct 2020)

Optical Fiber Integrated Functional Micro-/Nanostructure Induced by Two-Photon Polymerization

  • Cong Xiong,
  • Cong Xiong,
  • Changrui Liao,
  • Changrui Liao,
  • Zhengyong Li,
  • Zhengyong Li,
  • Kaiming Yang,
  • Kaiming Yang,
  • Meng Zhu,
  • Meng Zhu,
  • Yuanyuan Zhao,
  • Yuanyuan Zhao,
  • Yiping Wang,
  • Yiping Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2020.586496
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7

Abstract

Read online

Owing to the limitation of optical fiber materials and conventional fabrication methods, the development of optical fiber devices has encountered a bottleneck. Recently, two-photon polymerization technology is attracting increasing research interest due to its superiorities of high precision, flexibility and diversity of polymer materials. The optical fiber integrated micro-/nanostructures induced by two-photon polymerization have become a research hotspot due to the great application expansion of optical fiber device. In this paper, we review the research progress in the field of optical fiber integrated micro-/nanostructures induced by two-photon polymerization in the last 10 years, which are classified by micro-optics, optical waveguide device and optical micro-cavity. Furthermore, we briefly discussed the future prospects of this exciting research field.

Keywords