Fabrication of optical elements using a rapid UV-curable and low-viscosity polymer material

Man Zhang; Zhiwei Li; Xiaochun Dong; Lifang Shi; Qiling Deng; Chunlei Du

doi:10.1117/12.2014583

31 January 2013 Fabrication of optical elements using a rapid UV-curable and low-viscosity polymer material

Man Zhang, Zhiwei Li, Xiaochun Dong, Lifang Shi, Qiling Deng, Chunlei Du

Proceedings Volume 8759, Eighth International Symposium on Precision Engineering Measurement and Instrumentation; 875926 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2014583
Event: International Symposium on Precision Engineering Measurement and Instrumentation 2012, 2012, Chengdu, China

Abstract

Polymer optical elements have widely been investigated because of their low cost and simple fabrication. Currently, UV-curable epoxy resins have been become general polymer materials for optical elements. However, they are still limited by their intrinsic properties, such as a relatively low rate of polymerization and high formulation viscosity. This paper proposed and demonstrated a rapid UV-curable process for polymer optical elements fabrication based on a UV-curable and low-viscosity thiol-ene composition. Several optical elements, including one-dimensional gratings with a 10-um period, Dammann Gratings and microlens arrays (100μm lens diameter), were fabricated by the UV-curable thiol-ene composition and their optical properties were examined in detail.

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Man Zhang, Zhiwei Li, Xiaochun Dong, Lifang Shi, Qiling Deng, and Chunlei Du "Fabrication of optical elements using a rapid UV-curable and low-viscosity polymer material", Proc. SPIE 8759, Eighth International Symposium on Precision Engineering Measurement and Instrumentation, 875926 (31 January 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2014583

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