Polarization independent adaptive microlens with a blue-phase liquid crystal

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 8045-8050

  Li, Yan ^a   Wu, Shin Tson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLARIZATION;

ADAPTIVE MICROLENS; BOTTOM ELECTRODES; OPTIMIZATION PROCESS; PHASE PROFILE; POLARIZATION-INDEPENDENT; POLYMER-STABILIZED BLUE PHASE; SPHERICAL ABERRATIONS;

MICROLENSES;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REFRACTOMETRY;

ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MINIATURIZATION; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 79955368071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.008045     Document Type: Article

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