Fabrication of polymer micro-lens array with pneumatically diaphragm-driven drop-ondemand inkjet technology

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 15186-15195

  Xie, Dan ^a   Zhang, Honghai ^b   Shu, Xiayun ^b   Xiao, Junfeng ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAPHRAGMS; DROPS; FABRICATION; FOCUSING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TENSION;

AVERAGE DIAMETER; DROP-ON-DEMAND; FABRICATION PROCESS; FOCAL LENGTHS; FOCUSING FUNCTION; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HIGH FLEXIBILITY; HYDROPHOBIC EFFECT; INK JET SYSTEMS; INK JET TECHNOLOGY; MICRO LENS; MICRO-LENS ARRAYS; PLANAR SURFACE; PRODUCTION COST; TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS; ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE;

MICROLENSES;

EID: 84863731360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.015186     Document Type: Article

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