Optofluidic lens with tunable focal length and asphericity

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mishra, Kartikeya ^a   Murade, Chandrashekhar ^a   Carreel, Bruno ^a   Roghair, Ivo ^b   Oh, Jung Min ^a   Manukyan, Gor ^a   Van Den Ende, Dirk ^a   Mugele, Frieder ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84923338447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06378     Document Type: Article

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