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Dynamic UV microstereolithography
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 November 2002
Abstract
A new process of microstereolithography to manufacture freeform solid three-dimensional micro-components with outer dimensions in the millimetre size range is presented. The process, based on the use of a liquid crystal display as a dynamic mask generator, works with conventional industrial UV-sensitive stereolithographic materials. The main innovation of the process consists in using the optical frequency up-conversion of images from the visible to the UV range in order to overcome the opacity of LCD's in the UV domain. 400 × 400 points up-converted images have been obtained to generate solid three-dimensional objects.
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- Research Article
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- The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 20 , Issue 3: ACO: Action Coordonnée Optique , December 2002 , pp. 213 - 218
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- © EDP Sciences, 2002
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