Design and photolithographic manufacturing of refractive microlenses and microlens arrays in Saarbrücken.
advanced microoptic systems GmbH
SaarbrückenNew on Amplifa
About aµs microoptics
The advanced microoptic systems GmbH (aµs) was founded in 1995 in Saarbrücken and specializes in the design and manufacturing of refractive microlenses and microlens arrays. Manufacturing is carried out photolithographically using chemically isotropic etching, enabling a wide variety of optical component shapes as well as various packaging options for lenslet arrays with fill factors above 90 %. Positioning accuracy better than 0.2 µm and optical quality better than λ/10 ensure high effectiveness and repeatability. Materials processed include fused silica, optical glass, and plastics. The components serve collimation, focusing, homogenization, beam splitting, and imaging, among others in diode laser collimation, laser-fiber coupling, optical switching, and multiplexing. Applications are found in medical instruments, optosensors, telecommunications, laser optics, metrology, machine vision, optical computing, 3D imaging, and astronomy. With 25 experienced specialists, the company operates worldwide across Europe, North America, and the Pacific region.
- Site
- Saarbrücken
- Processes
- Photolithographic microstructuring (chemically isotropic etching) of refractive microlenses and, Design of refractive microlenses and microlens arrays, Photolithographic manufacturing (chemically isotropic etching), Customized arrays, Microstructuring of fused silica, optical glass, and plastics
- Materials
- Fused Silica, Optical Glass, Plastics, Photolithography (chemically isotropic etching)
- Founded
- 1995
- Employees
- 25
- Industries
- Medical Technology, Optosensors, Telecommunications, Laser Optics, Metrology, Machine Vision
- 01
Design of microlenses/arrays
- 02
Photolithographic microstructuring (chemically isotropic etching)
- 03
Packaging of lenslet arrays
- 04
Delivery to OEM customers
Materials and Processes
Fused Silica
Main material for the photolithographic microstructuring of refractive microlenses.
Optical Glass
Used for microstructured optical components.
Plastics
Processed for microlenses and arrays in sensor and imaging applications.
Photolithography (chemically isotropic etching)
Manufacturing process for producing refractive microlenses with positioning accuracy better than 0.2 µm.
Locations
Saarbrücken
DEHeadquarters, design and production with 250 m² cleanroom area
- Lot size
- Prototypes to customer-specific arrays
- Materials
- Fused silica, optical glass, plastics
- Photolithography production system
- Cleanroom
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Photolithographic microstructuring (chemically isotropic etching) of refractive microlenses andEngineering | Positioning accuracy better than 0.2 µm | – | – | – | Fused Silica, Optical Glass, Plastics |
Additional services
Reference customers
History
- 1995
Founded in Saarbrücken