Author Affiliations
1Guangdong Zhengye Technology Co., Ltd., Dongguan 523000, Guangdong, China2College of Electronic Science & Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, Jilin, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Change of spot geometry caused by spherical aberration when laser focusing across a plane interface from air into the sample
Fig. 2. Lightpath of self-modulating femtosecond laser processing system
Fig. 3. Comparison of the process of forming microlens by wet etching. (a) Comparison of etching process between front-side processing method and self-modulating processing method; (b) confocal 3D images of the structure with regular front-side processing method when etching 0 min, 20 min, and 70 min; (c) confocal 3D images of the structure with self-modulating method when etching 0 min, 20 min, and 70 min
Fig. 4. Morphology parameters of microlenses processed by self-modulating method with different pulse energies. (a) Confocal microscope pictures of microlenses at different pulse energies; (b) cross-section profiles of microlenses prepared at different pulse energies; (c) numerical aperture and radius of curvature of the microlens vary with the pulse energy
Fig. 5. Comparison of microlens morphology parameters prepared by self-modulating processing method and regular front-side processing method when changing the defocus position. (a) Morphologies of microlenses at different defocus positions using self-modulating processing method,(i) shows the optical microscope images of microlenses with defocus positions from 1 μm to 7 μm, and (ii) shows the confocal sectional profile of microlenses with defocus position from 8 μm to 14 μm; (b) diameter and depth changed with defocus position during self-modulating processing; (c) changed with defocus position during self-modulating processing; (d) diameter and depth changed with defocus position during front-side processing; (e) changed with defocus position during front-side processing
Fig. 6. Morphological characterization and imaging results of large-area microlens arrays. (a) Optical microscope images; (b) scanning electron microscopy images; (c) imaging results tested by optical microscopy; (d) focusing results tested by optical microscopy
Fig. 7. Morphological characterization and imaging results of microlenses with different . (a) Optical microscopy image; (b) scanning electron microscopy image; (c) confocal microscopy image; (d) imaging results, (d1) clearest imaging position of the first row, (d2) clearest imaging position of the second row, and (d3) clearest imaging position of the third row
Material | Method | Laser parameter | | | Ref. |
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Fused silica | Self-modulating | 1030 nm & 300 fs | 1.46 | 0.46 | This work | Fused silica | Temporally shaped femtosecond laser | 800 nm & 50 fs | 1.46 | 0.46 | [19] | Fused silica | Spatial light modulation | 650 nm | 1.46 | 0.46 | [18] | Fused silica | Spatial light modulation | 514 nm & 190 fs | 1.46 | 0.41 | [26] | Fused silica | Spatial light modulation | 514 nm & 230 fs | 1.46 | 0.40 | [7] | Silica glass | Acousto-optic modulation | 343 nm & 600 fs | 1.46 | 0.17 | [27] | K9 glass | Front-side with scanning depth | 800 nm & 35 fs | 1.46 | 0.45 | [28] | Fused silica | Circularly polarized laser processing at front-side with scanning depth | 800 nm&50 fs | 1.52 | 0.47 | [29] | Silica glass | Regular front-side | 800 nm & 30 fs | 1.45 | 0.26 | [30] | Glass | Regular front-side | 1030 nm & 300 fs | 1.46 | 0.23 | [31] |
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Table 1. for the microlens fabricated by self-modulating processing method and corresponding information reported in relevant references