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INNOFOCUS

Reinvent manufacturing at nanoscale

Innofocus is revolutionising nanofabrication with its laser nanoprinting technology, a cutting-edge platform that combines ultrafast laser systems, AI-driven image recognition, innovative software, precise control system and advanced circuitry design to deliver unparalleled precision, scalability, and intelligence. This integrated approach enables the creation of highly complex nanostructures with sub-100 nm resolution, making it ideal for applications such as quantum photonic chips, hyperspectral imaging, sensing devices, and optoelectronics. By seamlessly integrating AI algorithms, software innovation, and precision circuitry design, InnoFocus is redefining the boundaries of nanofabrication and enabling breakthroughs in device development.

AI algorithm-enabled image recognition and real-time optimisation

Innofocus incorporates AI algorithms to enhance the nanoprinting process, enabling real-time defect detection, pattern optimisation, and hyperspectral data analysis. The AI system achieves high resolution in defect detection and spectral resolution for hyperspectral imaging, ensuring optimal performance for devices like hyperspectral cameras.

These algorithms enable:

  1. Defect detection and correction: The AI system identifies fabrication defects in real-time, such as deviations in feature size or alignment errors, and automatically adjusts the laser parameters to correct them.
  2. Pattern optimisation: The AI algorithms optimize the nanoprinting patterns based on the desired nanostructure design, ensuring the best feature sizes.
  3. Hyperspectral Data Analysis: For hyperspectral imaging applications, the AI system analyses spectral data with 2 nm resolution, enabling precise characterisation of optical properties and ensuring optimal device performance.

 

The integration of AI into the fabrication process not only improves accuracy but also significantly reduces production time by automating complex decision-making tasks.

Software innovation: intelligent control and customisation

The advanced control software offers 1 nm positioning accuracy and 20 nm motion control resolution, ensuring precise fabrication of nanostructures. Features include real-time feedback loops, multi-axis synchronization, and a user-friendly interface for rapid prototyping and customization.

Circuitry design and system integration

Innofocus’s platform supports high-resolution circuitry fabrication and packaging, enabling the development of integrated optoelectronic systems. This capability is critical for devices like hyperspectral cameras, where seamless integration of optical and electronic components is essential for high performance.

Precision fabrication and measurement

The AI-assisted imaging technology achieves 50 nm in-situ imaging resolution, ensuring high-quality fabrication. Integrated metrology tools, Holoview refractive index imaging, provide real-time feedback, dramatically reducing the fabrication and optimisation iteration time.

System integration: Seamless workflow for advanced fabrication

Innofocus’s laser nanoprinting technology excels in system integration, combining ultrafast laser systems, precision motion stages, and advanced metrology tools into a unified platform. This integration enables a seamless workflow from design to fabrication and measurement, eliminating the need for multi-step processes and reducing production time and costs.

Applications: hyperspectral imaging and beyond

Innofocus’s technology is ideal for quantum photonic chips, hyperspectral cameras, enabling ultra-high-resolution spectral imaging. This precision is critical for applications in energy networks, quantum computing and communications, medical diagnostics, environmental monitoring, and advanced manufacturing.

In-Situ 3D Refractive Index Characterisation and Imaging Function

Surface Autotracing Technology

Surface Autolanding Technology

Automatic Fiber Core Tracing Technology

PowerFlex Control Module

Position-Time Synchronization Trigger

Multi-Material Applicable Laser Processing

Focal Spot Shaping

Multi-Focal Parallel Fabrication

Aberration Correction Function

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Our solutions

Fibre Bragg Grating

Lens

Microlens Array

Free form optical devices

Single-Core-Multi-Core 3D Photonics Chip Processing

Metasurface structure

Graphene oxide mid-infrared polarizer

Photonic Wire Bonding

Periodic Nanostructures

Microfluidic devices

Glass Fabrication

Holographic display

Silicon Photonics

3D In-situ Refractive Index Characterization Breakthrough in Laser Nanofabrication