@article{SurkampZylaGurevichetal.2020, author = {Surkamp, N and Zyla, G and Gurevich, Evgeny L and Klehr, A and Knigge, A and Ostendorf, Andreas and Hofmann, MR}, title = {Mode-locked diode laser-based two-photon polymerisation}, series = {Electronics Letters}, volume = {56/2020}, journal = {Electronics Letters}, number = {2}, issn = {0013-5194}, doi = {10.1049/el.2019.2385}, pages = {91 -- 93}, year = {2020}, abstract = {In this Letter, the authors present the construction of three-dimensional microstructures by two-photon polymerisation induced by ultrashort pulses of a mode-locked diode laser. The ultrafast light source is based on a diode laser with segmented metallisation to realise a waveguide integrated saturable absorber. It is subsequently amplified and compressed resulting in ultrashort laser pulses of 440 fs length and average output power of 160 mW at a fundamental repetition rate of 383.1 MHz. These pulses are coupled into a customised two-photon polymerisation setup. A series of suspended lines were fabricated between support cuboids for testing the process behaviour. A 3D structure with complex features was polymerised to demonstrate the high potential for mode-locked diode lasers in the field of direct laser writing.}, language = {en} }