Fiber endoscopes utilizing liquid tunable-focus microlenses actuated through infrared light

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 583-593

  Zeng, Xuefeng ^a   Smith, Carter T ^a,b   Gould, Jon C ^b   Heise, Charles P ^b   Jiang, Hongrui ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopes; hydrogel; liquidliquid meniscus; nanoparticles; optical fibers; tunable focus microlenses

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPES; FIELD OF VIEWS; FOCAL LENGTHS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HYDROGEL MICROSTRUCTURES; HYDROGEL STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBIC-HYDROPHILIC; IMAGE FIBER; INFRARED LIGHT; LIQUID MICROLENSE; LIQUIDLIQUID MENISCUS; MICRO-LENS; MICRO-LENS ARRAYS; N-ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDES; PHOTO PATTERNING; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; RESPONSE TIME; THERMO-RESPONSIVE; TUNABLE-FOCUS MICROLENSES; VOLUMETRIC CHANGES; WATER OIL INTERFACE;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; AMIDES; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FIBERS; HYDROGELS; LIQUIDS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL FIBERS;

MICROLENSES;

EID: 79957978233     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2011.2127456     Document Type: Article

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