Method for manufacturing optical computation device, optical diffraction unit intermediate, and optical computation device

Abstract

A method is provided for manufacturing an optical computing device using a container that includes n side walls WS1 to WSn and n bottom walls WB1 to WBn made of an optically-transparent material, where n is a natural number of not less than 2. The method includes: forming the container including an i-th cavity Ci, using at least an i-th bottom wall WBi and an i-th side wall WSi, where i is an integer of 1≤i≤n; filling the cavity Ci with a liquid material Ri containing a photo-curable resin; and forming a light diffraction element on one main surface of the bottom wall WBi through stereolithography by emitting light to a part near an interface between the bottom wall WBi and the liquid material Ri to cure the photo-curable resin.

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