MEMS compatible micro-GRIN lenses for fiber to chip coupling of light

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 4237-4249

  Zickar, Michael ^a   Noell, Wilfried ^a   Marxer, Cornel ^a   De Rooij, Nico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

GRADED-INDEX (GRIN) LENSES; PARAXIAL RAY CALCULATIONS; WAFER DICING MACHINE;

LENSES;

EID: 33646543719     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.004237     Document Type: Article

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