Realization of liquid crystal lens of large aperture and low driving voltages using thin layer of weakly conductive material

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 4302-4308

  Ye, M ^a   Wang, B ^b   Sato, S ^a  

^a Akita Prefectural R&D Center Industrial Technology Center   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE FILMS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; THIN FILMS; TUNING; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

ELECTRIC TUNING; ELECTRICALLY TUNABLE LENSES; LIQUID CRYSTAL LENSES; OPTICAL QUALITY;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIQUID CRYSTAL; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 41149143301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.004302     Document Type: Article

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