Lens of electrically controllable focal length made by a glass lens and liquid-crystal layers

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 3420-3425

  Wang, Bin ^a   Ye, Mao ^a   Sato, Susumu ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAPHRAGMS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; LENSES; PERMITTIVITY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

APERTURE; GLASS LENS (GL); LIGHT WAVES; PHASE PROFILES;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 3042579622     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.003420     Document Type: Article

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