Wavefront aberrations of a liquid crystal lens with focal length variable from negative to positive values

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 46, Issue 5 A, 2007, Pages 2926-2931

  Takahashi, Takeshi ^a,b   Ye, Mao ^b   Sato, Susumu ^b  

^a Sankyo Kogaku Industries Ltd   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blue violet laser source; Interferometer; Liquid crystal lens; Positive and negative lenses; Variable focusing; Wavefront aberration

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER BEAMS; MAGNETIC LENSES; WAVELENGTH;

FOCAL LENGTH; POSITIVE LENS CONDITIONS; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE; VARIABLE FOCUSING;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 34547737569     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.46.2926     Document Type: Article

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