Liquid crystal lens with voltage and azimuth dependent focus

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5639, Issue , 2004, Pages 124-128

  Ye, Mao ^a   Yokoyama, Yoshitaka ^a   Sato, Susumu ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astigmatic property; Divided electrode; Electrical control; Liquid crystal lens

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; GLASS; LENSES; MICROLENSES; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS;

ASTIGMATIC PROPERTIES; DIVIDED ELECTRODES; ELECTRICAL CONTROL; LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 20044383422     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.576704     Document Type: Conference Paper

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