简介:Inthispaper,wepresentahighspeedautofocussystemformicrosystemapplicationsanddesignalook-up-tablebasedautofocusingalgorithmforapplicationswhenatargetobjectisalwaysvisible,e.g.,manufacturingpartswithalignmentfiducials.Weperformanevaluationof24focusmeasurestoverifythatwhichfocusmeasureisthebestforthelook-up-tablebasedmethod.Fromtheevaluation,wefindthattheChebyshevmoments-basedfocusmeasure(CHEB)isthemostsuitable.Furthermore,wealsodevelopalook-up-tablebasedautofocussystemthatusesCHEBasthefocusmeasure.Intrainingphase,weofflineconstructatablefromtrainingimagesofanobjectthatarecapturedatseverallensdistances.Eachentryoftableconsistsoffocusmeasurecomputedfromimageandlensdistance.Inworkingphase,givenaninputimage,thealgorithmfirstcomputesthefocusmeasureandthenfindsthebestmatchfocusmeasurefromthetableandlooksupthecorrespondinglenspositionformovingitintothein-focusposition.Ouralgorithmcanperformautofocusingwithinonly2stepsoflensmoving.Theexperimentshowsthatthesystemcanperformhighspeedautofocusingofmicroobjects.
简介:Aneffectivedesignmethodoffreeformmicrolensarrayispresentedforshapingvariedlaserbeamsintoprescribedrectangularillumination.Thevariableseparationmappingisappliedtodesignconcavefreeformsurfacesforconstructingafreeformlensarray.Severaldedicatedexamplesshowthatthedesignedfreeformopticallensarraycanachieveaprescribedrectangularilluminationpattern,especiallywithoutconsideringtheinitialstatesofincidentlaserbeams.Bothhighcollectionefficiencyandgoodspatialuniformitycanbeavailablesimultaneously.Toleranceanalysisisalsoperformedtodemonstratethatthisopticaldevicecanwellavoidfabricatingdifficultyinactualapplications.
简介:Asimplemethodtofabricateone-dimensional(1-D)andtwo-dimensional(2-D)orderedmicro-andnano-scalepatternsisdevelopedbasedontheoriginalmastersfromopticaldiscs,usingnanoimprinttechnologyandsoftstamps.Polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS)wasusedtoreplicatethenegativeimageofthe1-DgratingpatternonthemastersofCD-R,DVD-RandBD-Ropticaldiscs,respectively,andthenthe1-DpatternononeofthePDMSstampswastransferredtoablankpolycarbonate(PC)substratebynanoimprint.The2-DorderedpatternswerefabricatedbythesecondimprintingusinganotherPDMSstamp.Different2-DperiodicpatternswereobtaineddependingonthePDMSstampsandtheanglebetweenthetwotimesofimprints.Thismethodmayprovideawayforthefabricationofcomplex2-Dpatternsusingsimple1-Dmasters.
简介:Room-temperatureterahertz(THz)detectorsindicateagreatpotentialintheimagingapplicationbecauseoftheirreal-time,compactbulk,andwidespectralbandrespondingcharacteristics.THzdetectorswithdifferentdimensionsbasedonamicro-bridgestructurehavebeendesignedandfabricatedtogetoptimizedmicro-bolometerparametersfromthetestresultsofmembranedeformation.Ananostructuredtitanium(Ti)thinfilmabsorberisintegratedinthemicro-bridgestructureoftheVOxmicro-bolometerbyacombinedprocessofmagnetronsputteringandreactiveionetching(RIE),anditsimprovementofTHzabsorptionisverifiedbyanopticalcharacteristicsmesurement.Continuous-waveTHzdetectionandimagingaredemonstratedbyusinga2.52THzfarinfraredCO2laseranda320×240vanadiumoxidemicro-bolometerfocalplanearraywithanoptimizedcellstructure.Withthisdetectingsystem,THzimagingofmetalconcealedinawipingclothandanenvelopeisdemonstrated,respectively.