Self-developing photopolymer for the fabrication of relief micro-optical elements

Celine Croutxe-Barghorn; Sergio Calixto; Daniel-Joseph Lougnot

doi:10.1117/12.264185

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23 January 1997 Self-developing photopolymer for the fabrication of relief micro-optical elements

Celine Croutxe-Barghorn, Sergio Calixto, Daniel-Joseph Lougnot

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Proceedings Volume 2998, Photosensitive Optical Materials and Devices; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.264185
Event: Photonics West '97, 1997, San Jose, CA, United States

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The use of photopolymer films to record information by optical methods is described. The final result in such thin polymer films is its surface modulation that develops under the sole action of light and does not require any chemical treatment. The relief generating process permits the fabrication of diffractive and refractive optical elements that work in transmission or in reflexion. This last mode is achieved when a metal thin film is overcoated on its surface. Low spatial frequency gratings, microlenses and micromirrors were made. Several diffractive elements using computer generated holograms were also fabricated.

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Celine Croutxe-Barghorn, Sergio Calixto, and Daniel-Joseph Lougnot "Self-developing photopolymer for the fabrication of relief micro-optical elements", Proc. SPIE 2998, Photosensitive Optical Materials and Devices, (23 January 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.264185

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