Mechanical fabrication of precision microlenses on optical fiber endfaces

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Milton, Gareth ^a   Gharbia, Yousef ^a   Katupitiya, Jayantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cone grinding; Endface; Microlens; Optical fiber

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; GRINDING (MACHINING); IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL FIBERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CONE GRINDING; CONICAL LENSES; MICROGRINDING MACHINE; OPTICAL FIBER ENDFACES; PRECISION MICROLENSES; SPHERICAL LENSES;

MICROLENSES;

EID: 33747623311     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2148428     Document Type: Article

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