Stellar Scale Nano Fabrication provides a full‑field projection two‑photon polymerization platform that fabricates complex sub‑micron structures at industrial scale, delivering throughput over 200 mm³ per hour while maintaining sub‑100 nm feature resolution. By curing millions of voxels simultaneously, the system transforms nanoscale manufacturing from a serial bottleneck into a scalable production line, enabling part costs under $1 at scale for applications such as inertial confinement fusion targets, photonic packaging, and metamaterials.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Current nanoscale manufacturing methods, such as serial two‑photon polymerization, write structures voxel by voxel, resulting in low throughput and high per‑part cost. This limits the ability to produce large volumes of sub‑micron components needed for applications like inertial confinement fusion targets, photonic devices, and metamaterials.
Solution
Stellar Scale Nano Fabrication (SSNF) offers a full‑field projection two‑photon polymerization (P2PP) platform that replaces the serial point‑by‑point approach with simultaneous illumination of millions of voxels. By projecting patterned femtosecond laser light sheets, the system achieves volumetric output exceeding 200 mm³ per hour while maintaining sub‑100 nm feature resolution and structural precision better than 250 nm. The technology scales like a production line: capacity can be increased by adding more systems and standardizing processes, driving part costs toward under $1 at scale. This enables cost‑effective, high‑volume fabrication of complex nanostructures for demanding industrial and research applications.
Target Audience
Primary customers are manufacturers and research organizations developing inertial confinement fusion targets, photonic packaging, microlens arrays, deterministic aerogels, microfluidic components, and metamaterials that require high‑precision, high‑volume nanoscale production.
Features
- Full‑field optical projection of femtosecond laser light sheets, curing millions of voxels simultaneously
- Throughput >200 mm³/hr (over 1 billion voxels per second), orders of magnitude faster than conventional serial 2PP
- Feature resolution down to <100 nm, with 60 nm capability for suspended nanowires
- Structural precision better than 250 nm, meeting tolerances required for inertial confinement fusion targets
- Scalable manufacturing architecture that expands capacity with additional units and standardized processes
- Projected part cost under $1 at scale, supporting economic viability of large‑volume nanofabrication