Low-cost, low-loss microlens arrays fabricated by soft-lithography replication process

Madanagopal V. Kunnavakkam; F. M. Houlihan; M. Schlax; J. A. Liddle; P. Kolodner; O. Nalamasu; J. A. Rogers

doi:10.1063/1.1555694

Low-cost, low-loss microlens arrays fabricated by soft-lithography replication process

Madanagopal V. Kunnavakkam^*, F. M. Houlihan, M. Schlax, J. A. Liddle, P. Kolodner, O. Nalamasu, J. A. Rogers

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A soft lithographic approach was described for fabricating low cost, low loss microlens arrays. The negative reproduction of an existing high-quality lens surface was made by thermally curing a prepolymer to a silicone elastomer against the master. The optical and physical characteristics of the resulting lenses suggested that the approach was suitable for a range of applications in micro and integrated optics.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1152-1154
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	82
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1555694
State	Published - Feb 24 2003

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