Hybrid polymer microlens arrays with high numerical apertures fabricated using simple ink-jet printing technique

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 259-269

  Kim, Joo Yeon ^a   Brauer, Nils B ^a   Fakhfouri, Vahid ^a   Boiko, Dmitri L ^a,c   Charbon, Edoardo ^a,d   Grutzner, Gabi ^b   Brugger, Juergen ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b MICRO RESIST TECHNOLOGY GMBH   (Germany)

^c CSEM   (Switzerland)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2D VCSEL ARRAYS; FAR-FIELD ZONES; FOCAL DISTANCES; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HIGH NUMERICAL APERTURES; HYBRID POLYMERS; INK-JET; MICRO-LENS ARRAYS; NUMERICAL APERTURE; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PERIODIC ARRAYS; PERIODIC PATTERN; POLYMER DROPS; SPAD ARRAY; UV CURABLE; UV-LIGHT;

CURING; INK JET PRINTING; MICROLENSES; MICROOPTICS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SUBSTRATES; FABRICATION; INK; INK JET PRINTERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; POLYMERS;

POLYMERS; INK JET PRINTING;

EID: 80052774948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.1.000259     Document Type: Article

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