Alteration of the profile of ink-jet-deposited UV-cured lenses using applied electric fields
Alteration of the profile of ink-jet-deposited UV-cured lenses using applied electric fields
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10.1016/j.ijleo.2005.01.005
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2005-01-01
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3.1
通讯作者：
Sheridan, JT
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作者：
O'Neill, FT;Owen, G;Sheridan, JT
微透镜阵列和微光学组件通常是各种高科技产品中不可或缺的部件。以低成本和高精度制造这种元件的能力对下一代基于光学的技术的发展至关重要。目前有广泛的微光学元件制造技术。这些技术各有优缺点，没有一种技术足以满足所有可能的应用标准。最近被研究的一种方法是喷墨沉积方法。这种方法应用了成熟的喷墨打印机技术，因此是大规模制造廉价部件的可能候选者之一。用这种方法制造的透镜通常具有球面轮廓。在这篇文章中，我们研究了使用外加电场(E-field)来改变这些球面透镜轮廓的可能性。我们注意到，由此产生的非球面透镜具有广泛的应用。这些应用包括光束整形和功率传输应用，包括光纤耦合。在这篇文章中，我们描述了涉及单镜头的初步实验。使用外加电场生产的单个透镜与不使用外加电场生产的透镜显著不同。(C)2005年爱思唯尔股份有限公司。版权所有。
Microlens arrays and microoptical components in general are integral components in a wide range of high-tech products. The ability to fabricate such elements cheaply and with a high degree of accuracy is vital for the development of the next generation of optics-based technologies. There are currently a wide range of microoptical element fabrication technologies. These techniques all have advantages and disadvantages and no one technique is yet sufficient to meet all possible application criteria. One method that has been examined recently is the ink-jet deposition method. This method applies well-established ink-jet printer technology and is thus one possible candidate for large-scale fabrication of inexpensive components. The lenses fabricated using this method are normally found to have spherical profiles. In this paper, we examine the possibility of modifying the profile of these spherical lenses using an applied electric field (E-field). We note that the resulting aspheric lenses have a wide number of applications. These include beam shaping and power transfer applications including fiber coupling. In this paper we describe initial experiments involving single lenses. The single lenses produced using applied E-Fields differ significantly from lenses produced with no applied E-field. (c) 2005 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.