A liquid crystal droplet lens driven by dielectric force

IEEE/LEOS International Conference on Optical MEMS and Their Applications Conference, 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 100-101

  Cheng, Chih ^a   Liu, Chang Hua ^a   Yeh, J Andrew ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dielectric force; Dielectric liquid; Liquid crystal; Shape changed

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC LIQUIDS; ELECTRODES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; TUNING;

DIELECTRIC FORCES; LIQUID CRYSTAL DROPLETS;

LENSES;

EID: 41549122044     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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