Microlenses and microlens arrays formed on a glass plate by use of a CO2 laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 627-631

  Wakaki, M ^a   Komachi, Y ^b   Kanai, G ^b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Machida Endoscope Company Ltd   (Japan)

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EID: 0000396808     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.000627     Document Type: Article

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