Single-step fabrication of refractive microlens arrays

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2198-2202

  Keyworth, B P ^a   Corazza, D J ^a   McMullin, J N ^a,b   Mabbott, L ^a  

^a TRLABS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Micro optics; Microlens array; Microlenses; Polymer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001267233     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.002198     Document Type: Article

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