A novel photoinitiator for microfabrication via two-photon polymerization

Author

Mendonca, C.R. ; Correa, D.S. ; Baldacchini, T. ; Tayalia, P. ; Mazur, E.

Author_Institution

Inst. de Fis. de Sao Carlos, Univ. de Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We measured the two-photon absorption cross-section of Lucirin TPO-L and fabricated complex microstructures using it in acrylate resin. Using quantum chemistry calculations, we relate the nonlinear optical properties of the photoinitiator to its molecular structure.

Keywords

microfabrication; nonlinear optics; organic compounds; photochemistry; polymerisation; quantum chemistry; two-photon processes; Lucirin TPO-L; acrylate resin; microfabrication; molecular structure; nonlinear optical properties; photoinitiator; quantum chemistry; two-photon absorption cross-section; two-photon polymerization; Absorption; Extraterrestrial measurements; Laser theory; Microstructure; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical polymers; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Resins; (190.4710) Optical nonlinearities in organic materials; (220.4000) Microstructure fabrication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628071

Filename

4628071