LIFT and Hybrid Micro-manufacturing Laboratory

Workstation for carrying out laser direct-write processes, especially laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT), for additive and surface-modification laser printing processes. It also allows additive and subtractive processes to be combined with micrometric resolution. For this purpose, the system combines laser sources with different wavelengths and pulse durations with beam positioning systems (optical fibre, scanners and even a variable-focus optoacoustic system), sample positioning systems (positioning axes) and process characterisation (including ultra-fast vision systems, viscometers, an optical contact-angle and surface tension measurement system, electrical characterisation, etc.).