Photonics West 2025
Meet Nanoscribe at Photonics West Expo in San Francisco!
The SPIE Photonics West is the largest annual international conference in optics and photonics that brings together researchers, innovators, engineers, and business leaders from all around the world.
The conference and exhibition highlights compelling optics and photonics technologies – from digital optics to quantum technologies to optical imaging, sensing, and metrology. Thereby, the miniaturization of optical and optoelectronic components is decisive for enabling data communication and telecommunication as well as sensing and imaging applications.
This year Nanoscribe will showcase the new Quantum X align and its Aligned Two-Photon Lithography (A2PL ®) technology. The system is the first high-resolution 3D printer with sub-micrometer alignment capabilities in all spatial directions and is designed to drive innovations in the field of photonics packaging. The Quantum X align now also features the groundbreaking 3D printing by 2GL®, the fastest 2PP-based microfabrication technology on the market.
Freeform microlenses can be directly printed, aligned and tilt-compensated to the optical axis of fibers and photonic chips, enabling Free Space Microoptical Coupling (FSMOC) between these elements. The printed freeform microoptics can shape light and convert the mode field according to the application, providing a highly robust solution for light coupling with minimal optical losses.
Don't miss our colleague Mareike Trappen's talk on “Scalable fabrication of aligned microoptics enabled by Two-Photon Grayscale Lithography” on Monday, January 27 at 11:05 am in the Moscone Center.
Conference talks based on Nanoscribe's microfabrication technology
More than 300 contributions to the SPIE conferences at Photonics West 2025 are based on Nanoscribe's microfabrication technology. Take a look at a selection of exciting presentations from Nanoscribe customers. Perhaps you will find something of interest?
Flow dynamics of multi-material exchange in two-photon absorption 3D printing
8:30 AM - 8:55 AM PST | Moscone South, Room 155
(Upper Mezz)
Speaker: Robert Kirchner, Heteromerge GmbH (Germany)
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In-situ optical tomographic reconstruction during 3D laser microprinting using deep learning
8:55 AM - 9:20 AM PST | Moscone South, Room 155
(Upper Mezz)
Speaker: Tim Alletzhäusser, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (Germany)
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Unraveling structure-process-property relationships of 3D/4D two-photon laser printed polymer microstructures
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM PST | Moscone South, Room 155
(Upper Mezz)
Speaker: Christoph Spiegel , Univ. of Heidelberg (Germany)
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Highlight
Advanced fabrication techniques for extremely large microoptics and complex optical fields
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM PST | Moscone South, Room 155 (Upper Mezz)
Speaker: Harald Giessen, Univ. Stuttgart (Germany)
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Efficient volume holograms by (3+1)D printing
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM PST | Moscone West, Room 2006 (Level 2)
Speaker: Niyazi Ulas Dinc, EPFL (Switzerland)
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3D integrated optics enabled by inverse design and two-photon polymerization
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PST | Moscone West, Room 2003 (Level 2)
Speaker: Abhishek Nanda, Hannoversches Zentrum für Optische Technologien (Germany), Leibniz Univ. Hannover (Germany)
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Wave optics simulation of surface roughness for integrated photonics fabricated through multi-photon lithography
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PST | Moscone West, Room 2003 (Level 2)
Speaker: Elisavet Chatzizyrli, Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (Germany), Exzellenzcluster PhoenixD, Leibniz Univ. Hannover (Germany)
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High throughput two-photon-lithography system powered by metalens array
9:00 AM - 9:25 AM PST | Moscone South, Room 201 (Level 2)
Speaker: Chenkai Mao, Stanford Univ. (United States)
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3D nanoprinting of beam shaping micro-optics on VCSEL chips integrated on a laser-written glass interposer
9:10 AM - 9:30 AM PST | Moscone South, Room 204 (Level 2)
Speaker: Athanasios Kyriazis, Ctr. for Microsystems Technology, Univ. Gent (Belgium), B-Phot, Vrije Univ. Brussel (Belgium)
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Additive-free multi-transparency glass 3D printing
10:05 AM - 10:30 AM PST | Moscone South, Room 201 (Level 2)
Speaker: Zhihan Hong, Wyant College of Optical Sciences (United States)
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Laser-written liquid crystal devices for non-mechanical beam steering
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM PST | Moscone South, Room 201 (Level 2)
Speaker: Camron Nourshargh, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
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Come visit us
Visit us at booth 3541 (Hall D) to explore the world of nano and microfabrication! Take a look at our Lensed Fiber Array demonstrator and our interactive showcase equipped with a tablet that allows you to zoom into our tiny 3D-printed structures.