Shrinkage of microstructures produced by two-photon polymerization of Zr-based hybrid photosensitive materials

Aleksandr Ovsianikov; Xiao Shizhou; Maria Farsari; Maria Vamvakaki; Costas Fotakis; Boris N. Chichkov

doi:10.1364/OE.17.002143

Shrinkage of microstructures produced by two-photon polymerization of Zr-based hybrid photosensitive materials

Aleksandr Ovsianikov, Xiao Shizhou, Maria Farsari, Maria Vamvakaki, Costas Fotakis, and Boris N. Chichkov

Optics Express
Vol. 17,
Issue 4,
pp. 2143-2148
(2009)
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.002143

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Aleksandr Ovsianikov, Xiao Shizhou, Maria Farsari, Maria Vamvakaki, Costas Fotakis, and Boris N. Chichkov, "Shrinkage of microstructures produced by two-photon polymerization of Zr-based hybrid photosensitive materials," Opt. Express 17, 2143-2148 (2009)

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- Photonic crystals (050.5298)
- Photosensitive materials (160.5335)
- Solgel (160.6060)
- Materials processing (350.3850)

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- Original Manuscript: November 4, 2008
- Revised Manuscript: January 23, 2009
- Manuscript Accepted: January 25, 2009
- Published: February 2, 2009

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Abstract

An investigation of the shrinking behaviour of a zirconium-based sol-gel composite micro-structured by two-photon polymerization is presented and a simple, straightforward methodology allowing the evaluation of shrinkage is suggested. It is shown that volume reduction is directly related to the average laser power (irradiation dose) used for the microfabrication and becomes a critical issue near the polymerization threshold. It is demonstrated that this shrinkage can be employed beneficially to improve the structural resolution. This is demonstrated by the presence of stopbands in the photonic crystal nanostructures fabricated with controlled volume reduction. Well above the polymerization threshold, the studied material exhibits remarkably low shrinkage. Therefore, no additional effort for the pre-compensation of distortion and for the improvement of structural stability is required.

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[Crossref] [PubMed]

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J. Serbin, A. Ovsianikov, and B. Chichkov, “Fabrication of woodpile structures by two-photon polymerization and investigation of their optical properties,” Opt. Express 12, 5221–5228 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2003 (2)

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[Crossref]

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Schulz, J.

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Fig. 1. SEM images of representative woodpile structures, applied for investigations of shrinkage. From bottom to the top: structure side view, top view, and a close-up view on the upper layers are presented. The applied average laser powers from left to right are accordingly (a) 8.0 mW; (b) 5.5 mW and (c) 4.5mW. It is observed that the decrease of laser power results in increased material/structure shrinkage, and deformation of the supporting columns.

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Fig. 2. Characteristics of the polymerized structures: a) linear shrinkage strain in [%] as a function of the applied laser power; b) line width (lateral resolution) dependence on the applied laser power.

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Fig. 3. (a) schematic illustration of the polymerization process at low (A) and high (B) average laser powers; (b) the reflectance and transmittance spectra obtained by a microscope coupled to FTIR spectrometer, indicate a bandstop at 1330 nm

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d = w_{0} \sqrt{\ln (\frac{P}{P_{t h}})}