Microlenses fabricated by ultraviolet excimer laser irradiation of poly(methyl methacrylate) followed by styrene diffusion

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 4471-4475

  Lazare, Sylvain ^a   Lopez, John ^a   Turlet, Jean Marie ^a   Kufner, Maria ^b   Kufner, Stefan ^b   Chavel, Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Excimer laser radiation; Microlens array; PMMA; Styrene diffusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000491514     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.004471     Document Type: Article

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