06 Jun 2008 Diamond micro-milling provides lens-array masters with high-NA aspheric and free-form profiles. Kaleido Technology - a leading supplier of ultra-precision machined optics - introduces micro-milling capabilites. Applications include masters for wafer-level manufacturing technologies as well as inserts for injection molding and hot embossing of fly’s-eye lenses.
Micro-milling offers lens-arrays with high N.A. and complex shapes including gold-wing lenses and even free-form shapes. Kaleido Technology can accomplish form accuracies better than lambda/4 (PV)and lens pitch control better than 3 µm on 300 mm wafers.
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