Set of two orthogonal adaptive cylindrical lenses in a monolith elastomer device

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 9003-9013

  Pang, Lin ^a   Levy, Uriel ^a   Campbell, Kyle ^b   Groisman, Alex ^b   Fainman, Yeshaiahu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMERS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; SILICON;

ELASTOMER DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE;

LENSES;

EID: 27544497921     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.009003     Document Type: Article

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