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Fabrication of refractive microlens arrays by visible irradiation of acrylic monomers: influence of photonic parameters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 2001

C. Croutxé-Barghorn ,
O. Soppera  and
D. J. Lougnot
C. Croutxé-Barghorn*
Affiliation:
Département de Photochimie Générale, E.N.S.C. Mulhouse (UMR 7525) , 3 rue Alfred Werner, 68093 Mulhouse Cedex, France
O. Soppera
Affiliation:
Département de Photochimie Générale, E.N.S.C. Mulhouse (UMR 7525) , 3 rue Alfred Werner, 68093 Mulhouse Cedex, France
D. J. Lougnot
Affiliation:
Département de Photochimie Générale, E.N.S.C. Mulhouse (UMR 7525) , 3 rue Alfred Werner, 68093 Mulhouse Cedex, France
*
C.Barghorn@univ-mulhouse.fr
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Abstract

The fabrication of refractive microlenses with self-developing photopolymers is reported. A spatially controlled illumination of the photosensitive layer induced an inhomogeneous photopolymerization involving formation of 3-D polymer network, mass-transport process of reactive species and bending of the surface. The process exhibited a completely self-processing character without any chemical post-treatment to reveal the relief. The lens arrays displayed diameters ranging from less than 100 μm to 1 mm and focal lengths from 100 μm to a few millimeters, depending on photonic, optical and physico-chemical parameters. The paper focuses on the importance of photonic parameters in the generation of microlens arrays and discusses the flexibility of this technique in the visible range.

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The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , January 2001 , pp. 31 - 37
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© EDP Sciences, 2001

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