3D-printed optical components
3D Printed Glass Enables Next-Gen Sensing, Imaging and Photonics
For next generation photonics, sensing and imaging technologies, the ability to 3D print glass is critical to developing highly complex, freeform, or small-scale structures. Yet it has proven difficult to…
Raytheon Receives Funding for Aerospace 3D Printing of Optical Components
This spring, Ohio-based America Makes, the leading collaborative partner in additive technology research, discovery, and innovation for the US, announced its latest Project Call for AXIOM, or Additive for eXtreme Improvement…
Nanofabrica Impacting AM Processes for Production of Micro-Optical Components
Israel’s Nanofabrica is continuing their path to superstardom for manufacturing on the micro and nanoscale. While just recently they released a new platform for micron resolution 3D printing, Nanofabrica is…
New Technique Creates Smoother 3D Printed Optical Components
3D printed objects don’t come off the print bed perfectly smooth; on the contrary, many 3D printing technologies leave a decent amount of surface roughness, which is unacceptable for applications…
New 3D Printing Method Lets Northwestern Researchers Quickly 3D Print Low-Cost, Customized Lenses
Two years ago, researchers from Northwestern University in Illinois called on 3D printing technology to create a novel lens capable of working with frequencies on the terahertz scale. Now, a…
Partnership Developing Joint Nanoimprint Lithography Solution for Producing 3D Optical Structures
While it’s possible to 3D print micro-optics at the nanoscale, startup company SwissLitho AG, which manufactures novel nanolithography tools, wants to revolutionize nanofabrication. Thanks to a new partnership with EV Group…
Pan-European Energy Conversion Efforts Enlists 3D Printing and Optics Technology
The more pessimistic assessments of the global capacity to convert infrastructure to sustainable energy sources are, in some ways, the result of very limited thinking, of considering conversion in terms…
