Versatile route to gapless microlens arrays using laser-tunable wet-etched curved surfaces

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 12939-12948

  Hao, Bian ^a   Liu, Hewei ^a   Chen, Feng ^a   Yang, Qing ^a   Qu, Pubo ^a   Du, Guangqing ^a   Si, Jinhai ^a   Wang, Xianhua ^a   Hou, Xun ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROFLUORIC ACID; MICROOPTICS; MOLDS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; POLYMERS;

ACID ETCHING PROCESS; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COST-EFFICIENT; CURVED SURFACES; IMAGING PERFORMANCE; MICRO-LENS ARRAYS; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC;

SURFACES;

EID: 84863745048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.012939     Document Type: Article

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