Design and fabrication of diffractive microlens arrays with continuous relief for parallel laser direct writing

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1430-1433

  Tan, Jiubin ^a   Shan, Mingguang ^a   Zhao, Chenguang ^a   Liu, Jian ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; FUSED SILICA; MICROLENSES; MICROOPTICS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; PHOTORESISTS;

COATED SURFACE; FERMAT'S PRINCIPLE; LASER ENERGIES; LASER WAVELENGTH; MICRO-LENS ARRAYS; NORMAL INCIDENCE; PARALLEL LASER DIRECT WRITING; UTILIZATION RATIOS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 48949097629     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.001430     Document Type: Article

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