Effects of dielectric constant of glass substrates on properties of liquid crystal lens

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1295-1297

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

^a Akita Research Institute of Advanced Technology   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Applied voltages; Dielectric constant; Focus range; Liquid crystal (LC) lens

Indexed keywords

FOCUSING; GLASS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PERMITTIVITY; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

FOCUS RANGE; GEOMETRICAL STRUCTURE; GLASS SUBSTRATE; LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

EID: 34548183056     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.902290     Document Type: Article

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