• Chinese Journal of Lasers
  • Vol. 44, Issue 1, 102006 (2017)
Liu Lipu*, Zhang Shijie, Yang Hong, Gong Qihuang, and Li Yan
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    DOI: 10.3788/CJL201744.0102006 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Liu Lipu, Zhang Shijie, Yang Hong, Gong Qihuang, Li Yan. Fabrication of Double-Helix Microstructures by Two-Photon Polymerization[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2017, 44(1): 102006 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Beams with double-helix shaped focal spots are obtained by equally weighted linear superposition of Laguerre-Gauss(LG)beams. Five modes along the line with a slope of 3 in the modal plane are chosen for superposition, which increases the number of spirals in the double-helix focal spot, enhances the chirality, and broadens spectral bandwidth. However, side lobes simultaneously enhance, which results in severe adhesion of two main lobes during the process of two-photon polymerization. One optimization algorithm with the combination of double-Gaussian function and step function under the tight focusing condition is proposed here which can obviously suppress the side lobes and realize a phase-only mask. This phase-only mask is loaded on the spatial light modulator and a double-helix microstructure with both non-adhesion and more spirals is finally fabricated with a single exposure.
    Liu Lipu, Zhang Shijie, Yang Hong, Gong Qihuang, Li Yan. Fabrication of Double-Helix Microstructures by Two-Photon Polymerization[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2017, 44(1): 102006
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