Dielectric liquid microlens with well-shaped electrode

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 10499-10505

  Xu, Su ^a   Lin, Yeong Jyh ^a   Wu, Shin Tson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; DIELECTRIC LIQUIDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; LIQUIDS; MICROOPTICS;

CONVEX STRUCTURE; FOCAL LENGTHS; INHOMOGENEOUS ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIQUID LENS; MICRO-LENS ARRAYS; OPERATING VOLTAGE; OPTICAL POWER; PLANAR ELECTRODE;

MICROLENSES;

EID: 67649249693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.010499     Document Type: Article

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