Integrated free-space optical interconnect fabricated in planar optics using chirped microlens arrays

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 10765-10778

  Wippermann, Frank ^a   Radtke, Daniela ^b   Amberg, Martin ^b   Sinzinger, Stefan ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LITHOGRAPHY; MICROLENSES; MIRRORS; OPTIMIZATION;

CHIRPED MIRCOLENS ARRAY (CMLA); MICROCHANNELS; PLANAR OPTICS;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 33750731969     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.010765     Document Type: Article

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