Jet printing of convex and concave polymer micro-lenses

Optics Express

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 24525-24536

  Blattmann, M ^a   Ocker, M ^a   Zappe, H ^a   Seifert, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURING; MICROLENSES; POLYMERS;

CONCAVE MICRO-LENSES; DROP-ON DEMAND; HIGH QUALITY SURFACE; LENS MATERIALS; OPTICAL QUALITIES; SURFACE SHAPE; UV-LIGHT IRRADIATION; WHITE-LIGHT INTERFEROMETRY;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

EID: 84943641929     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.024525     Document Type: Article

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