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

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 340-345

  Shan, Mingguang ^a,b   Guo, Lili ^a   Zhong, Zhi ^a  

^a HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Diffractive microlens arrays with continuous relief; Harmonic diffraction theory; Parallel laser direct writing; Rayleigh Sommerfeld diffraction theory

Indexed keywords

AUTO-FOCUSING; DIFFRACTION THEORY; EXPOSURE DOSE; MICRO-LENS; MICRO-LENS ARRAYS; PARALLEL LASER DIRECT WRITING; RAYLEIGH; THEORETICAL MODELS; THEORETICAL RESULT; TIME FOCUSING;

DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FUSED SILICA; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MICROLENSES; MICROOPTICS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; SILICA;

LASER THEORY;

EID: 72649104845     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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