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£ W £ a¡ 3§ga ¡bIA¥gP ¢%§¤£e ¥%¡¤£ 6 #¨P £¦¥ ! §¨¥%GAI(% ¥¨I(BE@£W!$#%£¦A§%¨P §£$I ©(§©¨7 PgG XH§¨§%# 5( PG£W¡ I#(G¨¨ P gG ¢¡¤£%P £W height of the lenses is less than 4.5 % and can be compensated by taking a slightly higher original lens. This technology allows us to copy very accurately monolithic 3D micro-optical modules. Conclusion In this paper we have shown how Deep Lithography with Protons can be made compatible with injection-molding techniques and vacuum casting, thus allowing for the mass-replication of high-quality micro-optical modules. The combination of the rapid prototyping approach of DLP and injection molding techniques makes it now possible to advance very quickly from an idea to a demonstrator-component and finally to mass-production. Whereas injection molding is suitable for high volume fabrication, vacuum casting is a good alternative for small quantities. In both cases shrinkage is present and must be compensated in the master element to acquire the desired final dimensions. Acknowledgement. This work would not have been possible without the Large Scale Facility (LSF) Project: Microfabrication for Users, Contract No.: ERB 4062 PL 970110 for the Training and Mobility of Researchers, financed by the E.C. and in collaboration with the Institute Microtechniques Mainz (IMM). The work reported here is funded by the European Commission ESPRIT-MELARI project 22641 “OIIC”, DWTC IUAP13, FWO, GOA, IWT-ITA II GBO and the OZR of the VUB. References. 1. K.-H. Brenner et al, H+ -Lithography for 3-D integration of optical circuits, Appl. Optics 29 (26), 3723-3724, 1990. 2. P. Tuteleers et al, Deep Proton Lithographic CAD-CAM for the fabrication of Monolithic Micro-optical Elements,IEEE-LEOS Conference, Summer Topical Meetings on Optical MEMS, pp. 17-18, 1999. 3. H. Thienpont et al,,Plastic Micro-Optical Interconnection Modules for Parallel Free-Space intra MCM Data Communication,Special Issue of The Proceedings of the IEEE on 'Short distance Optical Interconnects for Digital Systems, 1999, invited paper. 4. E. W. Becker et al, Fabrication of microstructures with high aspect ratios and great structural heights by synchrotron radiation lithography, galvanoforming and plastic moulding (LIGA process), Micro-electronic Eng., vol. 4, pp. 35-56, 1986. 5. James E. Mark, Physical Properties of Polymers Handbook, American Institute of Physics. 6. FSRM, Polymer Microfabrication course notes, Lausanne, 2000 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4 0,5 0,6 0,7 0,8 0,9 1 Charge (nC) Height(µm) Original lenses Replicated lenses Figure 3. comparison between original and replicated lenses. TWi¡
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