Lens-profile control by electrowetting fabrication technique

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 606-608

  Hsieh, Wen H ^a   Chen, Jiann H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electrowetting; Lens; Mandrel; Microlens; Surface profile

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROLENSES; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WETTING;

ELECTROWETTING; MANDREL; SURFACE PROFILE;

LENSES;

EID: 14844366376     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.842339     Document Type: Article

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