Thermal actuated solid tunable lens

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 2191-2193

  Lee, Sz Yuan ^a   Tung, Hsi Wen ^a   Chen, Wen Chih ^a   Fang, Weileun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Microoptoelectromechanical system (MOEMS); Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS); Thermal actuator; Tunable lens

Indexed keywords

MICROACTUATORS; MICROLENSES; SILICONES; THERMAL EXPANSION;

FOCAL LENGTH; MICROOPTOELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM (MOEMS); MICROTHERMAL ACTUATOR; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE (PDMS); SOLID TUNABLE LENS;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 33750061891     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.883891     Document Type: Article

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