A review of recent advances in fabrication of optical Fresnel lenses

NYJ Tan, X Zhang, DWK Neo, R Huang, K Liu… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fresnel lenses are important compact optical components, which are comprised of multiple
faceted concentric rings. These lenses are the most widely utilized diffractive optical element …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing tolerances in direct write laser grayscale lithography and reactive ion etching pattern transfer for fabrication of 2.5 D Si master molds

J Cunha, IS Garcia, JD Santos, J Fernandes… - Micro and Nano …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Direct Write Laser (DWL) Grayscale (GS) lithography has gathered attention as a
versatile technological solution to fabricate arbitrary and complex 2.5 D structures in …

Two-step photolithography to fabricate multilevel microchannels

S Choi, JK Park - Biomicrofluidics, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, we study the variation of the thickness of patterned microchannel features in
photoresist (PR) by two-step photolithography. The final PR thickness is determined by the …

Rigorous model-based mask data preparation algorithm applied to grayscale lithography for the patterning at the micrometer scale

P Chevalier, P Quéméré… - Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Grayscale mask creation has for the most part been restricted to over-simplified optical and
resist models usually based on a contrast curve approach. While this technique has proven …

Grayscale lithography—automated mask generation for complex three-dimensional topography

J Loomis, D Ratnayake, C McKenna… - Journal of Micro …, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Grayscale lithography is a relatively underutilized technique that enables fabrication of three-
dimensional (3-D) microstructures in photosensitive polymers (photoresists). By spatially …

[HTML][HTML] A compact low-cost low-maintenance open architecture mask aligner for fabrication of multilayer microfluidics devices

QL Pham, NAN Tong, A Mathew, S Basuray… - …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
A custom-built mask aligner (CBMA), which fundamentally covers all the key features of a
commercial mask aligner, while being low cost and light weight and having low power …

One-step fabrication of microchannels with integrated three dimensional features by hot intrusion embossing

M Debono, D Voicu, M Pousti, M Safdar, R Young… - Sensors, 2016 - mdpi.com
We build on the concept of hot intrusion embossing to develop a one-step fabrication
method for thermoplastic microfluidic channels containing integrated three-dimensional …

Dose influence on the PMMA e-resist for the development of high-aspect ratio and reproducible sub-micrometric structures by electron beam lithography

A Veroli, F Mura, M Balucani, R Caminiti - AIP Conference …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, a statistical process control method is presented showing the accuracy and the
reliability obtained with of PMMA E-resist AR-P 672, using an Elphy Quantum Electron Beam …

Multi-step etching of three-dimensional sub-millimeter curved silicon microstructures with in-plane principal axis

YM Sabry, D Khalil, B Saadany, T Bourouina - Microelectronic engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
We report a micromachining method for batch fabrication of three-dimensional curved
microstructures exhibiting in-plane principal axis with respect to the wafer substrate. The …

Maskless grayscale lithography using a positive-tone photodefinable polyimide for MEMS applications

JH Lake, SD Cambron, KM Walsh… - Journal of …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The novel use of a positive-tone photosensitive polyimide for the rapid production of
grayscale features using a maskless lithography system is demonstrated. The removal rate …