3D printed optics and photonics: Processes, materials and applications

H Gao, J An, CK Chua, D Bourell, CN Kuo, DTH Tan - Materials today, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Interest in 3D (3-dimensional) printed optics and photonics by both industry and
academic researchers is burgeoning, due to the unique features availed by 3D printing not …

Methods and applications of on-chip beam splitting: A review

Y Xu, Z Tian, X Meng, Z Chai - Frontiers in Physics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The construction of large-scale integrated photonic circuit cannot be separated from the
important role played by silicon-based optoelectronic devices. As a basic and important link …

Tuning negative stiffness mechanical metamaterial's snap-through behavior with a series-connected spring

X Tan, S Zhu, B Wang, M Kadic - European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids, 2024 - Elsevier
Negative stiffness mechanical metamaterials have shown great promise for various
applications and are progressing toward programmability. The key challenge in designing …

Direct (3+ 1) D laser writing of graded-index optical elements

X Porte, NU Dinc, J Moughames, G Panusa, C Juliano… - Optica, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We propose single-step additive fabrication of graded-index optical elements by introducing
the light exposure as the additional dimension to three-dimensional (3D) laser writing …

Understanding and mitigating noise in trained deep neural networks

N Semenova, L Larger, D Brunner - Neural Networks, 2022 - Elsevier
Deep neural networks unlocked a vast range of new applications by solving tasks of which
many were previously deemed as reserved to higher human intelligence. One of the …

From 3D to 2D and back again

NU Dinc, A Saba, J Madrid-Wolff, C Gigli… - …, 2023 - degruyter.com
The prospect of massive parallelism of optics enabling fast and low energy cost operations
is attracting interest for novel photonic circuits where 3-dimensional (3D) implementations …

Combining one and two photon polymerization for accelerated high performance (3+ 1) D photonic integration

A Grabulosa, J Moughames, X Porte, D Brunner - Nanophotonics, 2022 - degruyter.com
Dense and efficient circuits with component sizes approaching the physical limit is the
hallmark of high performance integration. Ultimately, these features and their pursuit …

Single‐Step‐Lithography Micro‐Stepper Based on Frictional Contact and Chiral Metamaterial

X Tan, JAI Martínez, G Ulliac, B Wang, L Wu… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Stepper motors and actuators are among the main constituents of control motion devices.
They are complex multibody systems with rather large overall volume due to their …

Additive-free all-carbon composite: a two-photon material system for nanopatterning of fluorescent sub-wavelength structures

A Jaiswal, S Rani, GP Singh, M Hassan, A Nasrin… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The major bottleneck in fabrication of engineered 3D nanostructures is the choice of
materials. Adding functionality to these nanostructures is a daunting task. In order to mitigate …

Noise-mitigation strategies in physical feedforward neural networks

N Semenova, D Brunner - Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Physical neural networks are promising candidates for next generation artificial intelligence
hardware. In such architectures, neurons and connections are physically realized and do not …