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.