Replication of micro-optical profiles in ORMOCER and other polymers

Ines Anke; Ernst-Bernhard Kley; Heike Huebner; Bernd Schnabel; Ruediger Poehlmann

doi:10.1117/12.248505

26 August 1996 Replication of micro-optical profiles in ORMOCER and other polymers

Ines Anke, Ernst-Bernhard Kley, Heike Huebner, Bernd Schnabel, Ruediger Poehlmann

Proceedings Volume 2783, Micro-Optical Technologies for Measurement, Sensors, and Microsystems; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.248505
Event: Lasers, Optics, and Vision for Productivity in Manufacturing I, 1996, Besancon, France

Abstract

The mass production of micro-optical surface reliefs by replication is a fast developing technology. Surface structures are transferred from a master into polymers with high accuracy. In most cases the master is a nickel-shim fabricated by an electroplating process. This metal master can be utilized for the usual replication technologies like embossing, casting and injection moulding. An alternative method for manufacturing micro-optical surface profiles is embossing without metal master but using resist profiles or etched structures as a master. This replication technology may be advantageous if the fabrication of a metal master is too costly, e.g. if only a few replicated copies are needed. The structures and profiles which are presented in this article are replicated in UV-curable and chemical curable polymers.

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Ines Anke, Ernst-Bernhard Kley, Heike Huebner, Bernd Schnabel, and Ruediger Poehlmann "Replication of micro-optical profiles in ORMOCER and other polymers", Proc. SPIE 2783, Micro-Optical Technologies for Measurement, Sensors, and Microsystems, (26 August 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.248505

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