Liquid crystal based active optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6289, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Bagwell, Brett E ^a   Wick, David V ^a   Batchko, Robert ^b   Mansell, Justin D ^c   Martinez, Ty ^d   Restaino, Sergio R ^d   Payne, Don M ^e   Harriman, Jamie ^f   Serati, Steve ^f   Sharp, Gary ^g   Schwiegerling, Jim ^h  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Holochip   (United States)

^c MZA Associates Corporation   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Narrascape   (United States)

^f BOULDER NONLINEAR SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^g Colorlink ^*  (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active optics; Liquid crystal; Spatial light modulators; Zoom lenses

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE OPTICAL ZOOM; ACTIVE OPTICS; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; ZOOM LENSES;

BANDPASS FILTERS; FABRICATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LENSES; LIGHT MODULATORS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33750456992     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.694891     Document Type: Conference Paper

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