A new dual-frequency liquid crystal lens with ring-and-pie electrodes and a driving scheme to prevent disclination lines and improve recovery time

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 5402-5415

  Kao, Yung Yuan ^a   Chao, Paul ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Disclination lines; Dual frequency liquid crystals (dflc); Ring and pie electrodes; Tunable lc lens

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIQUID CRYSTAL; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION;

ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LENSES; LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 79957695331     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110505402     Document Type: Article

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