title: Small-size microlens characterization by multiwavelength high-resolution interference microscopy.
abstract: Microlenses are widely studied in two main areas: fabrication and characterization. Nowadays, characterization draws more attention because it is difficult to apply test techniques to microlenses that are used for conventional optical systems. Especially, small microlenses on a substrate are difficult to characterize because their back focus often stays in the substrate. Here we propose immersion high-resolution interference microscopy to characterize small-size microlenses at three visible wavelengths. Test results for 20-mum-diameter microlenses are presented and discussed. We cover not only standard characterizations like wavefront investigations but also experiments of actual focus properties and chromatic behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Optics and Photonics Technology Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Breguet 2, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland. myunsik.kim@epfl.ch
authors.forename: Myun-Sik
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Toralf
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Scharf
authors.forename: Hans Peter
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Herzig