“Industry-Academia-Research 1+ Plan” Third Round Funding List Announced: Astra Optics Limited’s Femtosecond Projection Nanomanufacturing Project Successfully Selected
The Innovation and Technology Commission of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government recently announced the list of funded projects under the third round of the “Industry-Academia-Research 1+ Plan”. The project “Ultrafast Multi-Material 3D Nanomanufacturing Platform Based on Two-Photon Projection Technology”, co-applied for by Astra Optics Limited and led by founder Professor Shih-Chi Chen, was […]
Congratulations to Professor Shih-Chi Chen for Co-Leading the InnoHK Research Centre, Continuously Leading Frontier Research in Nanomanufacturing
Recently, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, with approval from the Innovation and Technology Commission of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, has established, in collaboration with the National University of Singapore, the “Centre for Heterogeneous Integration and Production” (CHIP) under the third InnoHK innovation platform (SEAM@InnoHK). The centre is co-led by […]
Breaking Microscopic Limits, Manufacturing Infinite Possibilities | Astra Optics Limited New Product Launch Conference Held Successfully
Recently, the new product launch conference of Hefei Astra Optics Limited was successfully held in Hefei. The company’s Chief Technology Officer, Zhong Qiuyuan, officially unveiled two flagship products of Astra Optics Limited at the conference – the LINESCAN 100i Full-Bandwidth Continuous Grayscale 3D Nanolithography System and the UV SCAN 100 UV Laser Direct Write Lithography […]
Line-Scanning Temporal Focusing: A New Breakthrough in 3D Nano Printing
In the field of 3D nano printing, how to achieve large-scale, high-quality, and continuous production has always been a core problem restricting the industrialization of the technology. Although traditional two-photon lithography (TPL) technology can achieve three-dimensional structure manufacturing with nanoscale precision, its “stop-and-go” intermittent production mode, high equipment costs, and obvious stitching defects have severely […]
Parallel 3D Nano Printing with Metalens Arrays: Technical Analysis Behind the Nature Breakthrough
In December 2025, the latest research published in the journal Nature by Dr. Songyun Gu of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in the United States proposed a parallel 3D nano printing platform based on metalens arrays. This system utilizes microlens units with 100-micrometer apertures to construct an array containing more than 120,000 focal spots, achieving a peak […]
3D Nano Printing: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Photonic Chip Interconnection
In today’s rapidly developing photonic chip industry, how to achieve efficient interconnection between chips and between chips and optical fibers has always been a major challenge faced by the industry. Traditional packaging processes are not only costly but also require extremely high alignment precision, becoming a bottleneck restricting the large-scale application of photonic integrated circuits. […]
3D Nano Printing: Ushering in a New Era of Chip Manufacturing
As the core of modern electronic industry, chip manufacturing has always had its cost and complexity as important factors restricting the development of the industry. However, a revolutionary technology is bringing a brand new solution to this dilemma – 3D printing technology. This technology is expected to become the next major breakthrough point in chip […]
Good News! Professor Shih-Chi Chen, Founder of Astra Optics Limited, Has Been Successfully Selected for the 2025-26 Research Grants Council (RGC) Senior Research Fellow Scheme, Awarded the Title of “RGC Senior Research Fellow”
This honor is not only a high recognition of Professor Chen’s outstanding contributions in the field of nano-manufacturing but also a powerful validation of the core technology roadmap of Astra Optics Limited. Good News! Professor Shih-Chi Chen, Founder of Astra Optics Limited, Has Been Successfully Selected for the 2025-26 Research Grants Council (RGC) Senior Research […]
When 3D Printing Meets Organ-on-a-Chip: “Growing” Human Organs in the Laboratory
Imagine this: we can print a miniature version of the heart, liver, or lung in the laboratory and use them to test the effects of new drugs. Doesn’t that sound like a science fiction movie? In fact, this technology has already entered reality – it is the 3D printed organ-on-a-chip technology. Image source: WYSS Institute […]
Ultra-High-Speed Nano 3D Printing: Femtosecond Projection TPL Technology of Astra Optics Limited
In today’s micro-nano manufacturing field, the industry urgently needs technologies capable of efficiently fabricating complex three-dimensional structures with nanoscale features. The femtosecond projection TPL technology (FP-TPL) developed by our company provides a revolutionary solution, significantly increasing the printing speed at the submicron scale. Technical Background: Limitations of Traditional TPL Traditional two-photon lithography (TPL) technology utilizes […]
