Preparation of plastic spherical microlenses by use of a fluoropolymer stencil and oil-bath heating

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 4008-4015

  Tamura, Hiromoto ^a   Kojima, Ryousuke ^a,b   Usui, Hiroaki ^a,b  

^a STANLEY ELECTRIC CO LTD   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY; GRAVITATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PHENOLIC RESINS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; THIN FILMS;

FLUOROPOLYMER RINGS;

MICROLENSES;

EID: 0042309591     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.004008     Document Type: Article

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