TOLERANCES IN MICROLENS FABRICATION BY MULTILEVEL ETCHING AND MASS-TRANSPORT SMOOTHING

被引:9
作者
LIAU, ZL [1 ]
NAM, DW [1 ]
WAARTS, RG [1 ]
机构
[1] SDL INC, SAN JOSE, CA 95134 USA
来源
APPLIED OPTICS | 1994年 / 33卷 / 31期
关键词
MICROLENS; MASS-TRANSPORT SMOOTHING; LENS EFFICIENCY; FABRICATION TOLERANCE;
D O I
10.1364/AO.33.007371
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A method is developed for the quantitative assessment of microlens deficiencies caused by inaccuracies in the multistep mesa fabrication or by incomplete mass-transport smoothing. Analytical expressions are obtained and tolerable imperfections are deduced for the practical effort-saving fabrication of high-performance micro-optical elements.
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页码:7371 / 7376
页数:6
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