Hybrid microdiffractive-microrefractive lens with a continuous relief fabricated by use of focused-ion-beam milling for single-mode fiber coupling

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 32, 2001, Pages 5872-5876

  Fu, Yong Qi ^a,b   Bryan, Ngoi Kok Ann ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b DenseLight Semiconductors Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMINUTION; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ION BEAMS; LIGHT REFRACTION; MICROLENSES; MICROSTRUCTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

SINGLE-MODE FIBER COUPLING;

MICROOPTICS;

EID: 0037924431     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.005872     Document Type: Article

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