Adaptive modally addressed liquid crystal lenses

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5518, Issue , 2004, Pages 136-143

  Hands, Philip J W ^a   Kirby, Andrew K ^a   Love, Gordon D ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive lens; Adaptive optics; Liquid crystals; Modal addressing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; BIREFRINGENCE; DISPLAY DEVICES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ADAPTIVE LENS; ELECTRO-OPTIC CRYSTALS; MINIATURE CAMERAS; MODAL ADDRESSING;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 13244277487     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.562359     Document Type: Conference Paper

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