| 摘要 |
Disclosed is an optical device (10) and a method for preparing refracted microlenses (18) in a single step, utilizing laser-induced surface structure formation in semiconductor doped glasses (SDG's). The SDG materials, in conjunction with above-bandgap wavelength laser sources, used to fabricate lenses that operate with light of below-bandgap wavelengths. In accordance with the teaching of this invention, lenses on approximately 5-500 mu m diameter scale are fabricated individually or arrays by laser irradiation of absorbing glasses. The microlenses have controllable characteristics and can be fabricated to have focal lengths as short as tens of microns. The lenses are generally parabolic or spherical in shape and are highly reproducible. This invention also teaches a method for fabricating a microlens within a window of a laser diode assembly, and a laser diode assembly fabricated in accordance with the method.
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