After the invention of the laser in 1960, optics turned into photonics. In todays telecommunication technology, photons have already become the main carrier of information. During the last decades, a number of pioneering developments such as, e.g., the concepts of Photonic Crystals and Metamaterials) have opened the door to a completely new class of materials, which allow for the control of both the molding of the flow of light as well as the dynamics of photons. The properties of such nanostructured materials are subject of current research.
Shown below is a series of structures fabricated by means of the direct laser writing process with our systems. Click on the thumbnails to open a detailled view.