• 한국광학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.118-122
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• 2009

PET 필름 위에 LCD 백라이트의 프리즘 집광시트의 역할을 대체 할 수 있는 microlens array(MLA) 시트를 설계하고 제작하였다. Photoresist thermal reflow 공정으로 두께 $100{\mu}m$ PET 필름 위에 MLA를 제작하였고, 노광 시간과 reflow의 온도, 시간 등의 변수에 따른 MLA의 형상 변화를 측정하였다.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.101-107
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• 2021

본 논문에서는 MLA (microlens array)를 이용한 자동차 커뮤니케이션 램프 설계 방안에 대한 연구를 진행하였다. 자율주행기술의 발전으로 보행자와 차량 간의 소통을 위한 커뮤니케이션 램프가 자동차에 필요하게 되었다. 광학계의 크기를 줄이고, 높은 광량을 확보하기 위해 MLA를 사용하여 커뮤니케이션 램프 광학계를 설계하였다. 또한, 기울어진 지면에서 선명한 image를 확보하기 위해 중첩방안을 고려하여 설계를 진행하였다. 이후 중첩 전 MLA 광학계와 성능 비교를 통해 향상된 성능을 확인하였다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.199-199
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• 2009

Recently, polymeric microlens arrays have become important elements in many applications. Microlens arrays have been used to enhance luminance efficiency and luminance power efficiency of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and organic LEDs. Many processes for fabrication of microlens array are studied. Though the MLA has been fabricated by electroformed mold, LIGA process and reflow method, these methods were required masks, multiple process steps and post processing. In this paper, we proposed rapid and direct UV laser direct fabrication process using colorless liquid photopolymer, NOA60 for polarization activated microlens. The microlens arrays are formed on the NOA60 on glass, after the focused laser energy was irradiated to the material. The diameter of MLA was varied from 42 to 88 ${\mu}m$, and the height from 0.9 to 1.6 ${\mu}m$. The MLA fabricated using NOA60 shows more then 85% transmittance as well as good hardness for optical module.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.538-545
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• 2014

Microlens array (MLA) films have been used as brightness-enhancement components in many illumination systems, such as a backlight, which should meet the industrial needs of low cost and high brightness performance. A hexagonally-arranged MLA (HA-MLA) was chosen due to its high filling factor, which was a prerequisite for achieving high brightness-enhancement capability. The moir$\acute{e}$ fringes produced in a film stack composed of two HA-MLA were investigated, under four different lens configurations, by optical simulation. It was found that randomizing the lens configuration, while keeping the filling factor high, was effective way to develop high-gain MLA films for backlight applications.

• 소성∙가공
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.21-26
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• 2006

A optical head unit for nano optical probe array was developed. The optical probe array is generated by Talbot effect. The shape and thickness of microlens array(MLA) were designed to minimize the spot size at the foci of MLA. To increase the optical efficiency of the system and obtain the large tolerance for fabrication, aperture size was theoretically optimized. Then microlens illuminated aperture array(MLIAA) as an optical head unit was fabricated using a ultra violet(UV) molding process on aluminum aperture array. In this process, Al aperture array was fabricated separately using the photolithography and reactive ion etching(RIE) process. Optical properties of the generated optical probes were measured and compared at Talbot distance from the aperture array having a diameter of $1{\mu}m$ and MLIAA.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.205-210
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 유기 발광 다이오드(OLED)의 광추출 향상을 위한 롤투롤 마이크로컨택(mCP)방식으로 인쇄된 마이크로렌즈 어레이(MLA)를 제시하였다. 상업적으로 사용되는 마이크로렌즈 어레이를 템플레이트로 사용하여서 polydimethylpolysiloxane(PDMS)를 롤스탬프로 제작하였다. 낮은 끓는 점을 가지는 불소화 잉크로부터 PDMS 롤스탬프에 고분자 박막을 형성하고 이를 OLED의 하부면에 고압·고온 처리 없이 인쇄하였다. 최적화된 농도를 찾아서 템플레이트로 사용된 MLA와 거의 동일한 모양의 패턴을 성공적으로 인쇄하였다. 마이크로컨택 방식으로 인쇄된 MLA의 구조와 소재의 낮은 흡수도로 인해서 OLED의 외부양자효율이 18% 향상되었다.

• 한국소성가공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소성가공학회 2005년도 금형가공,미세가공,플라스틱가공 공동 심포지엄
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• pp.29-34
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• 2005

A optical head unit for nano optical probe away was developed. The optical probe array is generated by Talbot effect. The shape and thickness of microlens array(MLA) were designed to minimize the spot size at the foci of MLA. To increase the optical efficiency of the system and obtain the large tolerance for fabrication, aperture size was theoretically optimized. Then microlens illuminated aperture array(MLIAA) as an optical head unit was fabricated using a ultra violet(UV) molding process on aluminum aperture array. In this process, Al aperture array was fabricated separately using the photolithography and reactive ion etching(RIE) process. Optical properties of the generated optical probes were measured and compared at Talbot distance from the aperture array having a diameter of $1{\mu}m$ and MLIAA.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2009

마스크리스 리소그래피(maskless lithography)에 응용하기 위한 마이크로렌즈 어레이(microlens array, MLA)가 석영의 습식 식각과 UV 접착제(UV adhesive)의 코팅을 바탕으로 개발되었다. 제작된 MLA의 초점거리는 ${\sim}45\;{\mu}m$ 정도였으며, 집광되는 광선의 초점은 ${\sim}1\;{\mu}m$로 측정되었다. MLA를 통과하며 초점을 맺은 빔(beam)의 크기 및 세기가 charge coupled device (CCD) 카메라와 빔 프로파일러(beam profiler)를 이용하여 각각 측정되었으며, 일정한 세기의 점들이 초점면에서 고르게 관찰되었다. 초점거리는 코팅된 UV 접착제의 두께에 따라 변화하였으며, UV 접착제의 두께가 두꺼울수록 짧아지는 경향을 보였다. 일반적인 마스크 얼라이너(mask aligner)를 이용한 MLA의 UV 포커싱(UV focusing)이 감광막(photoresist, PR) 상에서 실시되었으며, MLA를 통과한 빛이 감광막 위에 일정하게 집광되었다. 마스크 얼라이너와 MLA 사이의 거리 변화에 따라 감광막에 구현된 패턴 사이즈가 조절 되었다. 고온에서 오랜 시간이 지난 후에도 소자의 특성은 전혀 변함이 없었다.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제5권5호
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• pp.524-531
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• 2021

In an integral-imaging microscopy (IIM) system, a microlens array (MLA) is the primary optical element; however, surface errors impede the resolution of a raw image's details. Calibration is a major concern with regard to incorrect projection of the light rays. A ray-tracing-based calibration method for an IIM camera is proposed, to address four errors: MLA decentering, rotational, translational, and subimage-scaling errors. All of these parameters are evaluated using the reference image obtained from the ray-traced white image. The areas and center points of the microlens are estimated using an "8-connected" and a "center-of-gravity" method respectively. The proposed approach significantly improves the rectified-image quality and nonlinear image brightness for an IIM system. Numerical and optical experiments on multiple real objects demonstrate the robustness and effectiveness of our proposed method, which achieves on average a 35% improvement in brightness for an IIM raw image.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.71-77
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• 2014

We present design and fabrication of a multi-focusing microlens array (MLA) using a thermal reflow method. To obtain multi-focusing properties with different numerical apertures at the elemental lens of the MLA, double-cylinder photoresist (PR) structures with different diameters were made within the guiding pattern with both photolithographic and partial developing processes. Due to the base PR layer supporting the thermal reflow process and the guiding structure, the thermally reflowed PR structure had different radii of curvatures with lens shapes that could be precisely modeled by the initial volume of the double-cylinder PR structures. Using the PR template, the hexagonally packed multi-focusing MLA was made via the replica molding method, which showed four different focal lengths of 0.9 mm, 1.1 mm, 1.6 mm, and 2.5 mm, and four different numerical apertures of 0.1799, 0.2783, 0.3973, and 0.4775.