Alignment procedures for micro-optics

The alignment procedure is an important step in the process chain of the assembly of micro-optical components and has a direct impact on the system performance of the micro-optical system, the necessary assembly time and the manufacturing costs. For these reasons, only alignment procedures that are adapted to the special requirements of each assembly task will be able to save costs and attain the best optical system performance. The paper describes the alignment methods and illustrates the assembly procedures based on selected micro-optical examples. © 2010 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.