Highly efficient and polarization-independent Fresnel lens based on dye-doped liquid crystal

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2900-2906

  Lin, Liang Chen ^a   Jau, Hung Chang ^a   Lin, Tsung Hsien ^a   Fuh, Andy Y G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); DYES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLARIZATION; SWITCHING;

FRESNEL LENS; PHOTOALIGNMENT TECHNIQUES;

LENSES;

EID: 33947504815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.002900     Document Type: Article

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