Polarization-independent liquid crystal lens with four liquid crystal layers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 505-507

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

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liquid crystal (LC) lens; Polarization independent property; Position difference between foci; Two voltage driving technique

Indexed keywords

INCIDENT LIGHT WAVES; LIQUID CRYSTAL LAYERS; LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS; POLARIZATION COMPONENTS; POLARIZATION-INDEPENDENT; TWO LAYERS;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; LENSES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 34248662967     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.863623     Document Type: Article

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