Characterization and functionalization of flexographic printing forms for an additive manufacturing process of polymer optical waveguides

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Autoren

  • Alexander Wienke
  • Lukas Lorenz
  • Jürgen Koch
  • Peter Jäschke
  • Karlheinz Bock
  • Ludger Overmeyer
  • Stefan Kaierle

Externe Organisationen

  • Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH)
  • Technische Universität Dresden
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer0000298
FachzeitschriftJournal of laser applications
Jahrgang33
Ausgabenummer1
Frühes Online-Datum22 Dez. 2020
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Feb. 2021
Extern publiziertJa
VeranstaltungInternational Congress of Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics 2020 - Online
Dauer: 19 Okt. 2020 → 22 Okt. 2020
Konferenznummer: 39

Abstract

To improve printing results, a printing form can be functionalized and the material transferring behavior can be adjusted. In this work, a flexographic printing form is divided into three different areas: first the elevated, material transferring structures (1); second the rising edges between the printing form substrate and the elevated structures (2); and third the transition area (3) between (1) and (2). These three areas are laser functionalized by inserting a defined micropattern. Subsequently, the printing results are investigated and categorized into groups. The groups indicate which functionalized surfaces (1, 2, and 3) have what kind of influence on the printing result. As part of a low cost and efficient approach to manufacture polymeric optical waveguides, a way is presented to show how the waviness of printed conditioning lines can be reduced significantly by laser functionalizing to improve the quality of the waveguides.

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Characterization and functionalization of flexographic printing forms for an additive manufacturing process of polymer optical waveguides. / Wienke, Alexander; Lorenz, Lukas; Koch, Jürgen et al.
in: Journal of laser applications, Jahrgang 33, Nr. 1, 0000298, 01.02.2021.

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Wienke A, Lorenz L, Koch J, Jäschke P, Bock K, Overmeyer L et al. Characterization and functionalization of flexographic printing forms for an additive manufacturing process of polymer optical waveguides. Journal of laser applications. 2021 Feb 1;33(1):0000298. Epub 2020 Dez 22. doi: 10.2351/7.0000298
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