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Researchers demonstrate chip-based 3D printer using silicon photonics
Original: Silicon-photonics-enabled chip-based 3D printer (2024)
Researchers have presented a silicon-photonics-enabled chip-based 3D printer, detailed in a 2024 paper in the journal Light: Science & Applications. The approach integrates the optical components needed for printing onto a photonic chip rather than bulky free-space optics, pointing toward far smaller and potentially cheaper 3D printing systems. Discussion is focused on what miniaturization could mean for the future of additive manufacturing.
Why now: The prospect of shrinking 3D printers onto a photonic chip is a striking engineering advance with broad manufacturing implications.
Light: Science & Applicationssilicon photonics3D printing
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