Additive manufacturing for the development of optical/photonic systems and components

G Berglund, A Wisniowiecki, J Gawedzinski… - Optica, 2022 - opg.optica.org
<? TeX 2pc 0pt?> The ambition of this review is to provide an up-to-date synopsis of the
state of 3D printing technology for optical and photonic components, to gauge technological …

Investigation of glass bonding and multi-layer deposition during filament-based glass 3D printing

C Liu, T Oriekhov, M Fokine - Frontiers in Materials, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Additive manufacturing of glass is an emerging technology that is foreseen to have a big
impact on glass fabrication for innovative solutions within research, as well as for industrial …

Laser glass deposition of spheres for printing micro lenses

K Rettschlag, A Hohnholz, P Jäschke, D Kracht… - Procedia CIRP, 2020 - Elsevier
Similar to components in electronics industry, optical systems are also increasingly
miniaturized. The integration of functions as well as the production of optical freeform …

Digital glass forming of photonics

N Capps, C Zhu, J Goldstein, E Kinzel - Optical Engineering, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We investigate the digital glass forming process for depositing commercial SMF-28 single-
mode optical fiber for photonic purposes. The process utilizes a CO2 laser to locally heat the …

Modellierung und Evaluation thermischer Effekte für die laserbasierte Additive Fertigung von funktionalen Glaswellenleitern

T Grabe, K Rettschlag, S Wang… - Konstruktion für die …, 2021 - Springer
Zusammenfassung In weitreichenden Einsatzgebieten der Hochleistungslasertechnik
werden Quarzglasfasern aufgrund ihrer hohen optischen Leitfähigkeit und …

Additive manufacturing of glass materials for the production of optical, thermal and structural components

K Rettschlag, F Kranert, M Hinkelmann… - … Manufacturing of Optical …, 2022 - Springer
Additive manufacturing of optical, thermal and structural components requires a combination
of different matched manufacturing processes. A new process development, which has only …

Additive fertigung als erfolgsfaktor für digitale prozessketten

K Rettschlag, T Grabe, P Müller… - Konstruktion für die …, 2021 - Springer
Zusammenfassung Die Prozesskette zur Herstellung von Bauteilen mit additiven
Fertigungsverfahren unterscheidet sich bei näherer Betrachtung von der konventioneller …

Digital glass forming using direct heating techniques

EC Kinzel - Additive Manufacturing of Glass, 2025 - Elsevier
Heated glass can be directly formed to create complicated forms. This can be extended to
additive manufacturing where the heated glass is deposited sequentially to build up …

Additive Manufacturing of Optics and Optomechatronics: Multiphysics Simulation Environments for Process, Materials and Design Analysis

T Grabe, J Röttger, K Rettschlag… - … Manufacturing of Optical …, 2022 - Springer
Simulation plays a key role in developing additively manufactured optical and
optomechanical components, manufacturing processes and machine concepts. In the …

Laser Glass deposition of single-mode glass fibers for the fabrication of chip-scale photonic circuits

F Spengler, SO Waldhauer, M Hinkelmann, J Neumann… - Procedia CIRP, 2024 - Elsevier
The use of glass, particularly fused silica (FS), instead of polymers or semiconductors as
optical waveguide material is advantageous due to broadband transmission, reduced …