3D printable diffractive optical elements by liquid immersion

Reut Orange-Kedem; Elias Nehme; Lucien E. Weiss; Boris Ferdman; Onit Alalouf; Nadav Opatovski; Yoav Shechtman

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23279-6

Nature Communications (May 2021)

3D printable diffractive optical elements by liquid immersion

Reut Orange-Kedem,
Elias Nehme,
Lucien E. Weiss,
Boris Ferdman,
Onit Alalouf,
Nadav Opatovski,
Yoav Shechtman

Affiliations

Reut Orange-Kedem: Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology
Elias Nehme: Lorry Lokey Interdisciplinary Center for Life Sciences and Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology
Lucien E. Weiss: Lorry Lokey Interdisciplinary Center for Life Sciences and Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology
Boris Ferdman: Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology
Onit Alalouf: Lorry Lokey Interdisciplinary Center for Life Sciences and Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology
Nadav Opatovski: Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology
Yoav Shechtman: Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23279-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Diffractive optical elements are broadly used due to their ability to reshape the wavefront efficiently and conveniently. By using liquid immersion, the authors here enable microscale 3D-printed optics to behave like nanoscopic structures while maintaining high performance.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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