Fraunhofer Venture
Maskless 3D lithography from Multiphoton Optics enables production of complex structures in a single process step. The SEM image serves as an example, showing a lens system for innovative imaging or lighting applications.
Multiphoton Optics GmbH (MPO), a spin-off of the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC that was founded in 2013 and won the Fraunhofer Founder Award in 2017, has become a global provider of solutions for high-precision 3D lithography by means of two-photon polymerization (TPP). This technology makes it possible to produce complex functional structures in fields such as micro-optics and microsystems engineering, optical interconnection technology, micromechanics, and biomedical technology.
Multiphoton Optics GmbH became a wholly owned subsidiary of Heidelberg Instruments Mikrotechnik GmbH in March 2021. Pooling the development activities, drive, and technologies of both companies in the production of structures at the micro scale underscores the global importance of research, development, and production of direct laser writing systems for microstructuring in Germany.
MPO specializes in producing 3D freeform surfaces and 3D structures in any desired design, with a focus on micro-optics. The LithoProf3D®-GSII modular 3D printing platform supports the further miniaturization of numerous products, thereby opening up avenues for rationalization in industrial production.
Customers benefit from the top-notch expertise of an interdisciplinary team, from validation of the initial design idea to rapid prototyping and small series and beyond to implementation of 3D lithography in standard production processes for industrial series production.