Title :
Pyro-printing on demand of polymer microlenses
Author :
Coppola, Sara ; Vespini, Veronica ; Mecozzi, Laura ; Miccio, L. ; Grilli, Simonetta ; Ferraro, Pietro ; Grimaldi, I.A. ; Loffredo, Fausta ; Nenna, Giuseppe ; Lepera, E. ; Villani, F. ; Minarini, Carla
Author_Institution :
Ist. Naz. di Ottica Appl., Pozzuoli, Italy
Abstract :
In this work we present a direct printing of microlenses using high viscous polymer materials. In particular the pyro-electric effect activated onto a Lithium Niobate crystal is exploited for the fabrication on demand of microlens array.
Keywords :
lithium compounds; microfabrication; microlenses; optical arrays; optical fabrication; optical polymers; printing; pyroelectricity; LiNbO3; Lithium Niobate crystal; direct printing; high viscous polymer materials; microlens array fabrication; polymer microlenses; pyro-electric effect; pyro-printing; Lenses; Microoptics; Optical films; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical polymers; interferometry; microlenses; polymer; pyroelectric dispenser;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Technologies, 2014 Fotonica AEIT Italian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Naples
Print_ISBN :
978-8-8872-3718-4
DOI :
10.1109/Fotonica.2014.6843863
