Digital resonant laser printing: Bridging nanophotonic science and consumer products

作者：Zhu, Xiaolong; Hedayati, Mehdi Keshavarz; Raza, Soren; Levy, Uriel; Mortensen, N. Asger; Kristensen, Anders^*

来源：Nano Today, 2018, 19: 7-10.

DOI：10.1016/j.nantod.2017.10.002

• Laser-printing
• Structural colors
• Metasurfaces
• High-index dielectrics
• Resonators
• Super-resolution
• Flat optics

Nanophotonics research relies heavily on state-of-the-art and costly nano and microfabrication technologies. While such technologies are fairly mature, their implementation in large-scale manufacturing of photonic devices is not straightforward. This is a major roadblock for integrating nanophotonic functionalities, such as flat optics or high definition, ink-free color printing, into real life applications. In particular, optical metasurfaces - nanoscale textured surfaces with engineered optical properties - hold great potential for a myriad of such applications. Digital laser printing has recently been introduced as a low-cost lithography solution, which allows the fabrication of high-resolution features on optical substrates. By exploiting resonant opto-thermal modification of individual nanoscale elements, laser printing can achieve nanometer-sized resolution. In addition, the concept of digital resonant laser printing at the nanoscale supports mass-customization and may therefore convert nanophotonic science into everyday consumer products.

• 出版日期2018-4