Design and fabrication of fluid controlled dynamic optical lens system

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 686-703

  Gunasekaran, R A ^a   Agarwal, M ^a   Singh, A ^a   Dubasi, P ^a   Coane, P ^a   Varahramyan, K ^a  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic optical lens system; Fluid actuated lenses; Fluid focus lenses; Polymer lens; Variable focal length lens; Variable focus lens; Wide field of view

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FLUIDICS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; POLYMERS; TRANSPARENCY;

DYNAMIC OPTICAL LENS SYSTEMS; FLUID ACTUATED LENSES; FLUID FOCAL LENSES; POLYMER LENS; VARIABLE FOCAL LENGTH LENS; VARIABLE FOCUS LENS; WIDE FIELD OF VIEW;

LENSES;

EID: 13844271359     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2004.09.012     Document Type: Article

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