Contactless embossing of microlenses - A parameter study

Optical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1451-1455

  Ziółowski, Słwomir ^a   Frese, Ines ^b   Kasprzak, Henryk ^a   Kufner, Stefan ^b  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUT FÜR MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

High numerical aperture; Microlenses; Molding

Indexed keywords

MOLDING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; SURFACE TENSION; THERMOPLASTICS;

HOT EMBOSSING;

MICROLENSES;

EID: 17744409842     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1557171     Document Type: Article

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