An optical vortex, possessing an orbital angular momentum, induces helical mass transfer of the irradiated materials, manifesting the helical trajectory of the optical vortex.
Here, we propose an entirely novel patterning technology, termed optical vortex laser induced forward transfer (OV-LIFT), based on optical vortex induced helical mass transfer. Going beyond the conventional laser induced forward transfer, this technique allows the formation of a micrometer-scale spinning jet, so-called ’spin-jet’, made of a variety of ultrahigh viscosity donor materials, with extremely long flight distance.
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