Design and fabrication of a microlens on the sidewall of an optical fiber with a metallized 45° end face

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 3985-3991

  Kim, Myun Sik ^a   Jo, Kyoung Woo ^a   Lee, Jong Hyun ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALLIZING; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTORESISTS; RAY TRACING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; THERMAL EFFECTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FOCAL LENGTH; LENS FORMATION; SCANNING NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY (SNOM); TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION (TIR);

MICROLENSES;

EID: 22144451805     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.003985     Document Type: Article

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