Liquid lens technology: Principle of electrowetting based lenses and applications to imaging

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 227-230

  Berge, B ^a,b  

^a Varioptic   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (OPTICAL); ELECTRIC INSULATING MATERIALS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SOLUBILITY; WETTING;

ELECTROWETTING; LIQUID LENSES; LIQUID-LIQUID INTERFACES; NON MISCIBLE LIQUIDS;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

EID: 26844530169     PISSN: 10846999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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