A review report on nanoimprinted plasmonic components is given. The fabrication of different metal–dielectric geometries and nanostructured surfaces that support either propagating or localized surface plasmon modes is discussed. The main characteristics and advantages of the nanoimprint technology for the fabrication of various plasmonic structures are outlined. The discussion of plasmonic wav...

Creatv MicroTech has developed unique fabrication techniques to make high precision, high-aspectratio metal microstructures to custom specifications. A lithography based fabrication method permits precise fabrication of various microstructures. Collimators and antiscatter grids with continuous, smooth, thin, parallel or focused septa have been fabricated using deep X-ray and optical lithography...

Rapid prototyping (RP) techniques are a group of advanced manufacturing processes that can produce custom made objects directly from computer data such as Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) data. Using RP fabrication techniques, constructs with controllable and complex internal architecture with appropriate mechanical properties can be ach...

This paper presents the findings of an initial study of the fabrication of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) components based on the mask-image-projection-based Stereolithography (MIP-SL) process. PEEK is a semicrystalline thermoplastic with excellent mechanical and chemical resistance properties that are retained to high temperatures. It has been extensively used in the aerospace, automotive, biomed...

by Eric W. Johnson With the development of improved fabrication processes, more responsibility is placed on circuit designers to develop circuits that are tolerant of fluctuations in the fabrication process. To achieve this higher reliability, designers must have access to actual data variations in the fabrication process. Historically, this process data has been collected from test measurement...

Digital Fabrication technologies exploit a variety of basic technologies to create tangible reproductions of 3D digital models. Even though current 3D printing pipelines still suffer of several restrictions, the reproduction accuracy has gradually reached an excellent level. Thanks to this advancement, the interests of manufacturing industry with respect to 3D printing techniques has significan...

We report on the fabrication of quantum photonic integrated circuits based on suspended GaAs membranes. The fabrication process consists of a single lithographic step followed by inductively coupled-plasma dry etching through an electron-beam-resist mask and wet etching of a sacrificial layer. This method does not require depositing, etching, and stripping a hard mask, greatly reducing fabricat...

For the fabrication of optical and microoptical elements like gratings, lenses, waveguides, zoneplates, computer-generated holograms and so on, a lot of different fabrication technologies are available. Some of these elements are planar elements; i.e., the optical function of such elements is realized by a thin planar layer containing special structures and/or materials. For the fabrication of ...

Rapid prototyping (RP) techniques are a group of advanced manufacturing processes that can produce custom made objects directly from computer data such as Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) data. Using RP fabrication techniques, constructs with controllable and complex internal architecture with appropriate mechanical properties can be ach...

Recently, tape&film based microfabrication method has been studied for rapid prototyping of microfluidic devices due to its low cost and ease of fabrication [1]. But most of the reported film-based microfluidic devices are simple single-layer patterned 2D designs, whose potential applications are limited. In this paper, we present the design, fabrication and testing results of a 3D structured m...