Direct photofabrication of focal-length-controlled microlens array using photoinduced migration mechanisms of photosensitive sol-gel hybrid materials

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 8347-8353

  Kang, Dong Jun ^a   Jeong, Jong Pil ^a   Bae, Byeong Soo ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; MONOMERS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; SOL-GELS; THICK FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

MICROLENS ARRAY (MLA); PHOTOINDUCED MIGRATION PARAMETERS; PHOTOSENSITIVE SOL-GEL HYBRID (SGH) MATERIALS;

MICROLENSES;

EID: 33748324465     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.008347     Document Type: Article

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