Microlenses array made with AZ4562 photoresist for stereoscopic acquisition

• Author(s): Rocha, R. P. ; Carmo, J. P. ; Gomes, J. M. ; Belsley, M. ; Correia, J. H.
• Date: 2012
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/22049
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Microlens; Thermal reflow; Photoresist AZ4562; Stereocopic image formation
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

In this paper is presented a fabrication process for obtaining refractive microlenses arrays with high reproducibility and low cost. This process was specifically optimized for the AZ4562 photoresist. Functional prototypes of microlenses arrays with dimensions in the range of 30 m, 4.9 mm and 5 m for width, length and thickness, respectively, were fabricated and tested. The pre-thermal reflow spacing between adjacent isosceles trapezoids is 1.35-5.43 m, from bottom to top, respectively. This separation allows the photoresist to reflow and join the adjacent microlens creating a consistent and homogeneous array.