Fabrication of micro-optical devices by self-guiding photopolymerization in the near IR

Optics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 461-463

  Soppera, Olivier ^a   Turck, Colette ^a   Lougnot, Daniel J ^a  

^a Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Mulhouse   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DEVICES; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION;

FAST IMPLEMENTATION; MICRO-PILLARS; MICROOPTICAL DEVICES; NEAR-IR; PHOTOPOLYMER MATERIAL; SELF GUIDING; SINGLE-STEP PROCESS;

OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION;

EID: 60249099267     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.34.000461     Document Type: Article

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