Sensitive voltage-dependent diffraction of a liquid crystal Fresnel lens

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2094-2098

  Hung, Wen Chi ^a   Chen, Yu Jen ^a   Lin, Chia Huey ^a   Jiang, I Min ^a   Hsu, Tzu Fang ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

APPLIED VOLTAGES; CONCENTRIC STRUCTURES; DRIVING VOLTAGES; ELECTRICAL MODULATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS; LIQUID-CRYSTAL FRESNEL LENS; LOW DRIVING VOLTAGE; THEORETICAL LIMITS;

LENSES;

EID: 65249101670     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.002094     Document Type: Article

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