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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2014
Jian Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jian Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Methods and systems for three-dimensional additive manufacturing of samples are disclosed, including generating electromagnetic radiation from an ultrashort pulse laser, wherein the electromagnetic radiation comprises a wavelength, a pulse repetition rate, a pulse width, a pulse energy, and an average power; focusing the electromagnetic radiation into a focal region; using a powder delivery system comprising a powder vessel, a roller, and a receptacle to deposit one or more powders from the powder vessel into a receptacle at the focal region of the electromagnetic radiation and to spread the one or more powders in the receptacle into a fabrication powder bed; and using a computer to adjust the micro and macro pulses, macro pulse repetition rate, and the average power of the ultrashort pulse laser. The samples may be made with micron and/or submicron level precision and/or feature size and may be made using high temperature materials. Other embodiments are described and claimed.