Handling and mounting of microoptical components

The manufacturing of beam shaping optics consisting of two or more microoptical components in a hybrid microsystem places high demands on the assembling process for positioning accuracy making a manual alignment process inadequate. The basis for the micro-assembly forms a robotic system. This robot makes it possible to handle, to grip and to join the components with very small position deviations and to apply very small drops of adhesives. The dispensing of adhesive drops of approximately 1 nl volume is an essential part of the task.