Electrically controlled lens and prism using nanoscale polymer-dispersed and polymer-networked liquid crystals

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5289, Issue , 2004, Pages 63-73

  Fan, Y H ^a   Ren, H ^a   Wu, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffractive optics; Electronic lens; Liquid crystals; Nanoscale; PDLC; Polymer network; Tunable lens

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC LENSES; PDLC; POLYMER DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTALS (PDLC); TUNABLE LENSES;

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; DISPERSIONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; POLYMER BLENDS; PRISMS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE; TUNING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 8844232656     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.526148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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