Electrically switchable liquid crystal fresnel lens using UV-modified alignment film

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 26325-26331

  Jeng, Shie Chang ^a   Hwang, Shug June ^b   Horng, Jing Shyang ^b   Lin, Kuo Ren ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

ALIGNMENT FILMS; ALIGNMENT LAYERS; CONCENTRIC STRUCTURES; FRESNEL; FRESNEL LENS; FRESNEL ZONES; HOMEOTROPIC; INCIDENT BEAMS; LINEARLY POLARIZED; LIQUID-CRYSTAL FRESNEL LENS; LOW DRIVING VOLTAGE; PHOTO-INDUCED SURFACES; PRE-TILT ANGLE; SIMPLE METHOD; SWITCHABLE; UV EXPOSURE; UV ILLUMINATIONS; VERTICAL ALIGNMENT LAYER;

ALIGNMENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 78650040956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.026325     Document Type: Article

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