Six-degrees-of-freedom alignment of two-dimensional array components by use of off-axis linear Fresnel zone plates

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 35, 2001, Pages 6515-6526

  Ayliffe, Michael H ^a,b   Châteauneuf, Marc ^a   Rolston, David R ^a,c   Kirk, Andrew G ^a   Plant, David V ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Picolight Inc   (United States)

^c Framatome Connectors International Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT MODULATORS; MICROLENSES; PHOTODETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

FRESNEL ZONE PLATES;

SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

EID: 0037484461     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.006515     Document Type: Article

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