Liquid-filled varifocal lens on a chip

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7208, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Choi, Seung Tae ^a   Lee, Jeong Yub ^a   Kwon, Jong Oh ^a   Lee, Seungwan ^a   Kim, Woonbae ^a  

^a Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Auto focus; Electroactive polymer; Micro fluidics; Micro imaging system; Variable focus lens

Indexed keywords

APPLIED ELECTRIC FIELD; APPLIED VOLTAGES; AUTO FOCUS; CIRCULAR HOLES; ELASTIC RECOVERY; ELASTOMER MEMBRANES; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER; ELECTROSTRICTIVE STRAIN; GLASS WAFER; INTERNAL FLUID; INTERNAL VOLUME; LIGHT PATH; MAIN-FRAMES; MICRO IMAGING SYSTEM; MICROFLUIDIC CHAMBERS; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; MICROMACHINING PROCESS; MULTI-LAYERED; OPTICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL FLUID; OPTICAL MEMBRANES; OPTICAL POWER; POLYMER ACTUATORS; RELAXOR FERROELECTRIC; TOP SURFACE; TRIFLUOROETHYLENE; VARIABLE FOCUS LENS; VARIFOCAL LENS; VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

ACTUATORS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FLUIDICS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LENSES; LIQUIDS; MEMBRANES; MICROMACHINING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; RUBBER; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON WAFERS; WAFER BONDING;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 67649199682     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.811401     Document Type: Conference Paper

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