Chalcogenide glass microlenses by inkjet printing

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1974-1978

  Sanchez, Eric A ^a   Waldmann, Maike ^a   Arnold, Craig B ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INK JET PRINTING; MICROLENSES;

ARSENIC SULFIDE; CHALCOGENIDE GLASS; FOCAL LENGTHS; IR LENS; MICROMETER SCALE;

PRINTING;

ARSENIC TRISULFIDE; GLASS; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; PRINTING;

ARSENICALS; GLASS; LENSES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PRINTING; SULFIDES;

EID: 79958746618     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.001974     Document Type: Article

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