Microlenses self-aligned to optical fibers fabricated using the hydrophobic effect

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1088-1090

  Hartmann, Daniel M ^a   Reiley, Daniel J ^b   Esener, Sadik C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Optical Micro Machines Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fabrication; Hydrophobic; Lenses; Microassembly; Microlens; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; FOCUSING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROLENSES; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; SELF ASSEMBLY;

MICROASSEMBLY;

OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION;

EID: 0035473303     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.950744     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Microlenses for coupling junction lasers to optical fibers
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3. Put-in microconnectors for alignment-free coupling of optical fiber arrays
4. Characterization of a polymer microlens fabricated by use of the hydrophobic effect
5. Optimization and theoretical modeling of polymer microlens arrays fabricated using the hydrophobic effect