Process and device for production of three-dimensional structures through optically stimulated precipitation of a material from a fluidic compound
AssigneeMax-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
InventorsOlaf Lehmann, Michael Stuke
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Abstract
For the manufacturing using an LCVD process of a rod-shaped, three-dimensional structure extending into three dimensions, two laser beams (12, 13) are focused on a common focal point (12a) in a gaseous or liquid medium containing a compound which produces the structure material when decompounded by the laser beams. In this way, structures which extend three-dimensionally may also be made from minimally absorbent materials which are essentially transparent. This additionally allows for good control of the direction of the growth of the structure.
Claims8
A method for generating a structure on a surface of a substrate in which the structure material is precipitated through decompounding of a gaseous compound in the focus of a laser beam, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) focusing a first laser beam on a focus point on the substrate;
- (b) focusing a second laser beam on the focus of the first laser beam so that the foci of the first and second laser beams substantially coincide;
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- (c) forming a structure extending from the substrate surface by moving the coinciding foci of the first and second laser beams and substrate surface away from each other at a speed maximally equal to the precipitated material growth rate in the direction of the movement of the coinciding foci in relation to the substrate.
An apparatus for generating a structure on a surface of a substrate in which the structure material is precipitated through decompounding of a gaseous compound in the focus of a laser beam, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) first laser means for focusing a first laser beam on a focus point on the substrate;
- (b) second laser means for focusing a second laser beam on the focus of the first laser beam so that the foci of the first and second laser beams substantially coincide;
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- (c) means for forming a structure extending from the substrate surface by moving the coinciding foci of the first and second laser beams and substrate surface away from each other at a speed maximally equal to the precipitated material growth rate in the direction of the movement of the coinciding foci in relation to the substrate.
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