Diffractive Optics and Optical Microsystems

✍ Scribed by F. Gori (auth.), S. Martellucci, A. N. Chester (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 406
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

`The book is an excellent resource for physicists and engineers in the field. It contains many ideas and practical details for the design and construction of microoptical devices.'
Optik, 110:6 (1999)

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Diffractive Optics: An Introduction....Pages 3-22
Design of Refractive and Diffractive Micro-Optics....Pages 23-33
GRIN Planar Structures for Focusing, Collimation and Beam Size Control....Pages 35-45
Numerical Analysis of Surface Relief Gratings....Pages 47-56
The New Possibility to Produce Holographic Optical Elements Using the Lowest Cost Laser Diodes....Pages 57-63
Diffraction with Second-Harmonic Generation for the Formation of Self-Guided or “Solitary” Waves....Pages 65-74
Light Scattering by a Dielectric Cylinder Near a Flat Substrate....Pages 75-82
Steady States in Spherical Microparticles and Their Instabilities....Pages 83-89
Modelling of a Microlaser Based on Spherical Microparticle....Pages 91-99
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
Microfabrication Technologies for Integrated Optical Devices....Pages 103-118
Fabrication of Diffractive Optics: Surface Reliefs and Artificial Dielectrics....Pages 119-131
Low Cost High Quality Fabrication Methods and CAD for Diffractive Optics and Computer Holograms Compatible with Micro-Electronics and Micro-Mechanics Fabrication....Pages 133-138
Design and Fabrication Aspects of Continuous-Relief Diffractive Optical Elements....Pages 139-148
Fabrication of Diffractive Optical Elements by Electron Beam Lithography....Pages 149-160
Pulsed Laser Deposition: Perspectives as a Micro-Optics Fabrication Technique....Pages 161-167
Fabrication of Thin-Film Microlens Arrays by Mask-Shaded Vacuum Deposition....Pages 169-177
New Photoluminescent Materials Based on LiF:NaF Microstructures....Pages 179-185
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Advances in Optical Microsystems Combining Microtechnologies and Batch Processing Fabrication....Pages 189-207
Actuation Mechanisms for Micromechanics....Pages 209-221
Design of Computer Generated Binary Holograms for Free Space Optical Interconnections....Pages 223-237
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Holographic Diffractive Components for Beam Coupling....Pages 239-250
A 16 Level CO 2 Laser Beam Shaper: Design and Fabrication....Pages 251-257
Microoptics for Chromatic Control of Extended Polychromatic Sources: Design Methodologies and Technologies to Implement Them Over Large Areas....Pages 259-277
An Unconventional Optical Element for Splitting and Focusing High Power Laser Beams....Pages 279-289
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
Fiber Bragg Gratings as Temperature and Strain Sensors....Pages 293-309
Radially Gradient-Index Lenses: Applications to Fiber Optic Sensors....Pages 311-325
Integrated Optical Instrumentation for Fiber Grating Sensors....Pages 327-338
Front Matter....Pages 339-339
Micromechanics: New Challenges for Optical Measurements....Pages 341-352
Waveguides in LiNbO 3 for Optical Sensors: Characterisation by Cerenkov Effect....Pages 353-362
Front Matter....Pages 363-363
Microoptical Components and Systems Fabricated by the LIGA Process....Pages 365-370
Sensors and Microsystems: Electronic Nose....Pages 371-380
Advances in the Development of Optical Microsystems at DEA-OptoLab: Integrated Optical Measuring Devices and Diffractive Optical Components for Industrial Applications....Pages 381-386
Micro-Optics for Micro Total Analysis Systems....Pages 387-389
Optical Tweezers: Laser Manipulation of Microparticles....Pages 391-398
Laser Time-of-Flight Velocimetry: Proposals for Miniaturisation....Pages 399-409
A Robotic Microsystem for Colon Visualisation and Sampling....Pages 411-416
Back Matter....Pages 417-422

✦ Subjects

Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices; Electrical Engineering; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials