| Issue |
J. Eur. Opt. Soc.-Rapid Publ.
Volume 7, 2012
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| Article Number | 12002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.2971/jeos.2012.12002 | |
| Published online | 22 March 2012 | |
Regular papers
UV-curable glassy material for the manufacture of bulk and nano-structured elements
Applied Physics Division, Soreq NRC, Yavne 81800, Israel
Received:
23
August
2011
An ultra violet (UV)-cured glassy material with less than 30 wt% organic residues was fabricated by the fast sol-gel method. The material presents high thermal stability, good optical quality and high adhesive strength. It is suitable for optical bonding and for manufacture of optical elements and micro-structured optical devices. Either soft-lithography or photo-lithography may be used for manufacture of the devices with either, thermal-curing (few hours) or UV-curing (few seconds). In this work we present the technology to fabricate optical elements at scales spanning the sub-micron to centimeter range. This technology enables mass-production of optical elements at low cost.
Key words: UV-curing / Optical bonding / sol-gel / soft-lithography / photo-lithography / stability
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