Nonmechanical zoom lens based on the Pancharatnam phase effect

Applied Optics

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1145-1150

  Gao, Kun ^a   Cheng, Hsien Hui ^a   Bhowmik, Achintya ^b   McGinty, Colin ^a   Bos, Philip ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICS;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LIGHT; COMPACT DESIGNS; PHASE EFFECTS; SWITCHABLE; ZOOM LENS; ZOOM LENS SYSTEMS;

MOLECULAR PHYSICS;

EID: 84962053196     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.55.001145     Document Type: Article

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