Mechanical modeling of fluid-driven polymer lenses

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 3658-3668

  Yang, Qingda ^a   Kobrin, Paul ^b   Seabury, Charles ^b   Narayanaswamy, Sridhar ^b   Christian, William ^b  

^a University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

^b ROCKWELL SCIENTIFIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; SILICONES;

ELASTIC MEMBRANES; MECHANICAL MODEL; OPTICAL SHAPES; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE MEMBRANE; POLYMER LENS; PRESSURE RESPONSE; RADIUS OF CURVATURE; TWO PARAMETER;

LENSES;

EID: 51949096334     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.003658     Document Type: Article

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