Thermal embossing of mid-infrared diffractive optical elements by use of a self-processing photopolymer master

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 4590-4595

  Ornelas Rodriguez, Manuel ^a   Calixto, Sergio ^a   Sheng, Yunlong ^b   Turck, Colette ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Lab de Photochimie Generale   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; POLYETHYLENES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

THERMAL EMBOSSING;

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0036684661     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.004590     Document Type: Article

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