Microlens array

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A microlens array is a lens array that has lenses less than a few millimeters wide. It is an important component of light field cameras and some types of light field displays.

It can be used to make a microlens-based light-field display.

The lenses are best measured using micrometers, also known as microns.

Lens arrays can be produced using microfabrication techniques, in particular photolithographic techniques.[1]

Lens arrays have been manufactured at the wafer level by Lytro.[2]

Lens arrays have been produced with a distance between lenses of about 125 microns, which is 1/8 of a millimeter.[3]

Production

Microlens arrays can be produced using the photoresist reflow technique.[4]

Diamond point turning can be used to form microlenses.[4]

Ion beam etching can be used to correct a lens profile to form aspheric lenses.[4]

References

  1. https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/ae/55/08/039fdcbd181cb7/US20130033636A1.pdf
  2. "Karafin Lytro". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nYXVT0QUkc.
  3. "Plenoptic Cameras: The Future of Imaging". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyRgcD4VxE8.
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