Align-and-shine photolithography

Autor: Kristen Smith, Audrius Petrusis, Sven de Man, J.H. Rector, Davide Iannuzzi
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: SPIE Proceedings.
ISSN: 0277-786X
DOI: 10.1117/12.834240
Popis: At the beginning of 2009, our group has introduced a new technique that allows fabrication of photolithographic patterns on the cleaved end of an optical fibre: the align-and-shine photolithography technique (see A. Petrusis et al., "The align-and-shine technique for series production of photolithography patterns on optical fibres", J. Micromech. Microeng. 19, 047001, 2009). Align-and-shine photolithography combines standard optical lithography with imagebased active fibre alignment processes. The technique adapts well to series production, opening the way to batch fabrication of fibre-top devices (D. Iannuzzi et al., "Monolithic fibre-top cantilever for critical environments and standard applications", Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 053501, 2006) and all other devices that rely on suitable machining of engineered parts on the tip of a fibre. In this paper we review our results and briefly discuss its potential applications.
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