Achieving high focusing power for a large-aperture liquid crystal lens with novel hole-and-ring electrodes

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 19277-19284

  Chiu, Chi Wei ^a   Lin, Yu Cheng ^a   Chao, Paul C P ^a   Fuh, Andy Y G ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; FOCUSING; LENSES; LIQUID CRYSTALS;

APPLIED VOLTAGES; CAMERA MODULES; LARGE APERTURE; LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS; OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM; PARALLEL RESISTANCE; RING ELECTRODES; VOLTAGE SOURCE;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LENSES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 56149091234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.019277     Document Type: Article

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