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Laser dry etching by a laser driven direct writing apparatus has been extensively used for the micro-and nanopatterning on the solid surface. The purpose of this study is to pattern the PEDOT:PSS thin film coated on the soda-lime glass substrates by a nano-second pulsed ultraviolet laser processing system. The patterned PEDOT:PSS film structure provides the electrical isolation and prevents the electrical contact from each region for capacitive touch screens. The surface morphology, geometric dimension, and edge quality of ablated area after the variety of laser patternings were measured by a 3D confocal laser scanning microscope. After the single pulse laser irradiation, the ablation threshold of the PEDOT:PSS film conducted by the nano-second pulsed UV laser was determined to be 0.135 ± 0.003 J/cm 2 . The single pulse laser interacted region and the ablated line depth increased with increasing the laser fluence. Moreover, the inner line width of ablated PEDOT:PSS films along the patterned line path increased with increasing the laser fluence but the shoulder width increased with decreasing fluence, respectively. The clean, smooth, and straight ablated edges were accomplished after the electrode patterning with the laser fluence of 1.7 J/cm 2 and 90 % overlapping rate.

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In recent years, micro-lens arrays (MLAs) have become important elements of optical systems. One function of MLAs is to create a uniform intensity of light. Compared with one-sided MLAs, the uniformity of light intensity increases with double-sided MLAs. MLAs fabricated by glass can be used in higher temperature environments or in high-energy systems. Glass-based MLAs can be fabricated by laser machining, photolithography, precision diamond grinding process and precision glass molding (PGM) technologies, but laser machining, photolithography and precision diamond grinding process technologies are not the perfect approach for mass production. Therefore, this paper proposes a method to fabricate a mold by laser micro-machining and a double-sided MLA by a PGM process. First, a micro-hole array was fabricated on the surface of a silicon carbide mold. A double-sided MLA using two molds was then formed by a PGM process. In this paper, the PGM process parameters including molding temperature and molding force are discussed. Moreover, the profile of a double-sided MLA is discussed. Finally, a double-sided MLA with a diameter of 20 mm, and lenses with a height of 52 μm, a radius of 851 μm and a pitch of 700 μm were formed on glass.