Polymer thin film deposited on liquid for varifocal encapsulated liquid lenses

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Binh Khiem, Nguyen ^a   Matsumoto, Kiyoshi ^a   Shimoyama, Isao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNING; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DROP FORMATION; DROPS; FLUID MECHANICS; LENSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMERS; THICK FILMS; THIN FILMS; VACUUM; VACUUM DEPOSITION;

ELECTRICAL INPUTS; FOCAL DISTANCES; IN-VACUUM; LIQUID DROPLETS; LIQUID LENSES; MECHANICALLY STABLE; POLYMER THIN FILMS; SPHERICAL DROPLETS;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 52949153933     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2988467     Document Type: Article

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