Diffractive Optics and Optical Microsystems

• I. Theory and Design.- Diffractive Optics: An Introduction.- Design of Refractive and Diffractive Micro-Optics.- GRIN Planar Structures for Focusing, Collimation and Beam Size Control.- Numerical Analysis of Surface Relief Gratings.- The New Possibility to Produce Holographic Optical Elements Using the Lowest Cost Laser Diodes.- Diffraction with Second-Harmonic Generation for the Formation of Self-Guided or “Solitary” Waves.- Light Scattering by a Dielectric Cylinder Near a Flat Substrate.- Steady States in Spherical Microparticles and Their Instabilities.- Modelling of a Microlaser Based on a Spherical Microparticle.- II Materials and Processes.- Microfabrication Technologies for Integrated Optical Devices.- Fabrication of Diffractive Optics: Surface Reliefs and Artificial Dielectrics.- Low Cost High Quality Fabrication Methods and CAD for Diffractive Optics and Computer Holograms Compatible with Micro-Electronics and Micro-Mechanics Fabrication.- Design and Fabrication Aspects of Continuous-Relief Diffractive Optical Elements.- Fabrication of Diffractive Optical Elements by Electron Beam Lithography.- Pulsed Laser Deposition: Perspectives as a Micro-Optics Fabrication Technique.- Fabrication of Thin-Film Microlens Arrays by Mask-Shaded Vacuum Deposition.- New Photoluminescent Materials Based on LiF:NaF Microstructures.- III. Components and MEMS.- Advances in Optical Microsystems Combining Microtechnologies and Batch Processing Fabrication.- Actuation Mechanisms for Micromechanics.- Design of Computer Generated Binary Holograms for Free Space Optical Interconnections.- Holographic Diffractive Components for Beam Coupling.- A 16 level CO2Laser Beam Shaper: Design and Fabrication.- Microoptics for Chromatic Control of Extended Polychromatic Sources: DesignMethodologies and Technologies to Implement Them Over Large Areas.- An Unconventional Optical Element for Splitting and Focusing High Power Laser Beams.- IV. Fiber Sensors.- Fiber Bragg Gratings as Temperature and Strain Sensors.- Radially Gradient-Index Lenses: Applications to Fiber Optic Sensors.- Integrated Optical Instrumentation for Fiber Grating Sensors.- V. Measurements.- Micromechanics: New Challenges for Optical Measurements.- Waveguides in LiNbO3 for Optical Sensors: Characterisation by Cerenkov Effect.- VI. Microsystems and Applications.- Microoptical Components and Systems Fabricated by the LIGA Process.- Sensors and Microsystems: Electronic Nose.- Advances in the Development of Optical Microsystems at DEA-OptoLab: Integrated Optical Measuring Devices and Diffractive Optical Components for Industrial Applications.- Micro-optics for Micro Total Analysis Systems.- Optical Tweezers: Laser Manipulation of Microparticles.- Laser Time-of-Flight Velocimetry: Proposals for Miniaturisation.- A Robotic Microsystem for Colon Visualization and Sampling.

'The book is an excellent resource for physicists and engineers in the field. It contains many ideas and practical details for the design and construction of microoptical devices.' Optik, 110:6 (1999)