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Design and fabrication of refractive microlenses

Surface relief refractive microlens arrays are designed and fabricated using two methods. In the first method lithographically patterned circular cylinders of photoresist are melted to form the spherical lens shape. In the second method the lens shapes are sculpted lithographically from photoresist using a variable transmission (grey-scale) mask made from high-energy-beam-sensitive (HEBS) glass. / The microlenses were characterised interferometrically. It was found that close to diffraction limited performance was achieved in the f/0.9 to f/2 range using the photoresist melting process, whereas diffraction limited performance was achieved using the grey-scale method in the f/1 to f/7 range using aspherical elements. / The grey-scale method was also used to fabricate a 64 level computer generated hologram of the logo of the Institut national d'optique (INO) in a single step.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.33323
Date January 2000
CreatorsBrady, Gregory R.
ContributorsPlant, D. V. (advisor), Miller, J. M. (advisor)
PublisherMcGill University
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Formatapplication/pdf
CoverageMaster of Engineering (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.)
RightsAll items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.
Relationalephsysno: 001781974, proquestno: MQ70632, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest.

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