P. Somers, S. Koch, P. Kiefer, M.L. Meretska, and M. Wegener

Opt. Mater. Express 14, 2370-2376 (2024)

Abstract

In this opinion article, we discuss the possibility of printing three-dimensional macroscopic architectures with nanometer feature size by irradiating a light-sensitive ink with a single, spatiotemporally shaped, short laser pulse. We argue that the peak print rate of this approach may reach 10²⁰-10²¹ voxels s^-1, surpassing the present state-of-the-art of about 10⁸ voxels s^-1 by a very large margin.