Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1539953 | Optics Communications | 2009 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We fabricated spherical microlenses on optical glasses by femtosecond laser direct writing (FLDW) in ambient air. To achieve good appearances of the microlenses, a meridian-arcs scanning method was used after a selective multilayer removal process with spiral scanning paths. A positive spherical microlens with diameter of 48 μm and height of 13.2 μm was fabricated on the surface of the glass substrate. The optical performances of the microlens were also tested. Compared to the conventional laser direct writing (LDW) technique, this work could provide an effective method for precise shape-controlled fabrication of three-dimensional (3D) microstructures with curved surfaces on difficult-to-cut materials for practical applications.
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Authors
Hewei Liu, Feng Chen, Xianhua Wang, Qing Yang, Dongshi Zhang, Jinhai Si, Xun Hou,