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'''Microlens array''' is a term for [[lens array]] where the lenses are smaller than a millimeter.
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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 camera]]s and some types of [[light field display]]s.
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It can be used to make a [[microlens-based light-field display]].
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The lenses are best measured using micrometers, also known as microns.
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Lens arrays can be produced using microfabrication techniques, in particular photolithographic techniques.<ref>https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/ae/55/08/039fdcbd181cb7/US20130033636A1.pdf</ref>
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Lens arrays have been manufactured at the wafer level by [[Lytro]].<ref name="f772">{{cite web | title=Karafin Lytro | website=YouTube | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nYXVT0QUkc | access-date=2024-07-14}}</ref>
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Lens arrays have been produced with a distance between lenses of about 125 microns, which is 1/8 of a millimeter.<ref name="u639">{{cite web | title=Plenoptic Cameras: The Future of Imaging | website=YouTube | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyRgcD4VxE8 | access-date=2024-07-09}}</ref>
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==Production==
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Microlens arrays can be produced using the photoresist reflow technique.<ref name="c328">{{cite book | last=Daly | first=Dan | title=Microlens Arrays | publisher=CRC Press | publication-place=London ; New York | date=2000-11-23 | isbn=978-0-7484-0893-1 | page=}}</ref>
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Diamond point turning can be used to form microlenses.<ref name="c328"/>
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Ion beam etching can be used to correct a lens profile to form aspheric lenses.<ref name="c328"/>
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==References==
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{{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Optical components]]
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[[Category:Light field display]]

Latest revision as of 06:49, 18 March 2025

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]

ProductionEdit

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]

ReferencesEdit