Loy's Optical 3D Printing Research Featured in Photonics Media
Photonics Media has featured a paper co-written by MSE professor Douglas Loy in a new article about how 3D-printing advancements can revolutionize the optics industry. UA researchers have used "Liquid Silica Resin" as a 3D-printing medium for complex micro-optics.
The paper, "High-Precision Printing of Complex Glass Imaging Optics with Precondensed Liquid Silica Resin," discusses how LSR features higher curing speed, better mechanical properties, lower sintering temperature, and reduced shrinkage.
Photonics Media reports that based on the measured surface quality and shape deviation of the optics the team created, as well as the image quality they obtained, the researchers believe that 3D printing of glass imaging optics will play a significant role in precision optical imaging.