Numerical simulation for meniscus shape and optical performance of a MEMS-based liquid micro-lens

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 19995-20007

  Lee, Shong Leih ^a   Yang, Chao Fu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ASPHERICS; CAPILLARY FLOW; ELECTRIC FIELDS; INTEGRODIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LAPLACE EQUATION; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; LIQUIDS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROLENSES; MICROMETERS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SPHERES; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

BACK FOCAL LENGTH; ELECTRO WETTING; LIQUID MICRO-LENS; MACROSCOPIC SCALE; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; SPHERICAL ABERRATIONS; YOUNG LAPLACE EQUATION;

LENSES;

EID: 56749173761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.019995     Document Type: Article

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