1. Study of SU-8 reliability in wet thermal ambient for application to polymer micro-optics on VCSELs.
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Benjamin Reig, Véronique Bardinal, Jean-Baptiste Doucet, Emmanuelle Daran, Thierry Camps, Maëlenn Aufray, Alain Lamure, and Claire Tendero
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We present experimental data on the reliability of SU-8 polymer when used as a core material for the integration of microlenses on vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs). The respective effects of a hot and humid environment on structural, mechanical and optical properties of this epoxy resist are investigated. High aspect-ratio SU-8 micropillars are found to keep a good surface morphology and a stable optical transmission, as well as a good adherence on the wafer. Thermal cycling is also studied to check material stability under electro-thermal actuation in SU-8 micro-opto-electro-mechanical system (MOEMS). These results are of great importance for the collective integration of low-cost SU-8-based passive or active microlens arrays onto VCSELs wafers for optical interconnects and optical sensing applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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