Tunable microfluidic microlenses

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 3238-3245

  Werber, Armin ^a   Zappe, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRY ETCHING; ELASTOMERS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON WAFERS; SPIN COATING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

BEAM SHAPING; ELASTOMER MEMBRANES; LIQUID MICROLENSES; MICROFLUIDIC MICROLENSES;

MICROLENSES;

EID: 20544442032     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.003238     Document Type: Article

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