Aberrations of liquid crystal lens

Electronics Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 1476-1477

  Takahashi, T ^a   Ye, M ^b   Sato, S ^b  

^a Sankyo Kogaku Industries Ltd   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FOCUSING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; TUNING; WAVEFRONTS;

CONTROLLING VOLTAGE; FOCUS LENS; WAVEFRONT ABERRATIONS; WAVELENGTH;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33845491725     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20062827     Document Type: Article

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