Fabrication and demonstration of electrowetting liquid lens arrays

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 411-413

  Smith, Neil R ^a   Hou, Linlin ^a   Zhang, Jinlin ^a   Heikenfeld, Jason ^a  

^a 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Microlens array; Terms electrowetting

Indexed keywords

ELECTRO WETTING; FABRICATION PROCESS; FILL FACTOR; LARGE ARRAYS; LENSLETS; LIQUID LENS; LIQUID MICROLENSE; LIQUID SYSTEM; MICROLENS ARRAY; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SWITCHABLE; TERMS-ELECTROWETTING;

CONTACT ANGLE; FABRICATION; MICROLENSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 70350147243     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2009.2027036     Document Type: Article

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