Liquid micro-lens array activated by selective electrowetting on lithium niobate substrates

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 8084-8093

  Grilli, S ^a   Miccio, L ^a   Vespini, V ^a   Finizio, A ^a   De Nicola, S ^a   Ferraro, Pietro ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MICROFLUIDICS; PYROELECTRICITY; SUBSTRATES;

ELECTROWETTING; IMAGING CAPABILITY; MICRO LENS ARRAY;

MICROLENSES;

LITHIUM NIOBATE; NIOBIUM; OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NIOBIUM; OXIDES; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 44649145218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.008084     Document Type: Article

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