Tunable-focus microlens arrays using nanosized polymer-dispersed liquid crystal droplets

Optics Communications

Volumn 247, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 101-106

  Ren, Hongwen ^a   Fan, Yun Hsing ^a   Lin, Yi Hsin ^a   Wu, Shin Tson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid crystal microlens; Nanosized polymer dispersed liquid crystal; Tunable focal length

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS);

INDIUM-TIN-OXIDE (ITO) GLASS SUBSTRATES; LIQUID CRYSTAL MICROLENS; NANOSIZED POLYMER-DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTALS; TUNABLE FOCAL LENGTH;

MICROLENSES;

EID: 13944257406     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2004.11.033     Document Type: Article

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