A negative-positive tunable liquid-crystal microlens array by printing

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 4317-4323

  Dai, H T ^a   Liu, Y J ^b   Sun, X W ^a   Luo, D ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURING; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; MICROLENSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; PRINTING;

APPLIED VOLTAGES; FOCAL LENGTHS; LENS ARRAY; LIQUID CRYSTAL MICROLENS ARRAYS; MICRO-LENS ARRAYS; TUNABLE MICROLENS; UV CURABLE ADHESIVE;

ITO GLASS;

EID: 62549152640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.004317     Document Type: Article

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