Rod and spherical silica microlenses fabricated by CO2 laser melting

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 4547-4556

  Calixto, Sergio ^a   Rosete Aguilar, Martha ^b   Sanchez Marin, Francisco J ^a   Castañeda Escobar, Lizbeth ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LASERS; MELTING; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTORESISTS; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA;

GAUSS EQUATIONS; INFRARED BEAMS; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTIONS (MTF); RAYLEIGH'S CRITERIA;

MICROLENSES;

EID: 23344451705     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.004547     Document Type: Article

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