Lens of Electrically Controllable Focal Length Made by a Glass Lens and Liquid-Crystal Layers
Applied Optics, Vol. 43, Issue 17, pp. 3420-3425 (2004)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.43.003420
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Abstract
A variable-focus lens is made with one or two liquid-crystal layers and a glass lens. The lens has an aperture near that of the glass lens, and its focal length is electrically changeable from that of the glass lens. The principle is described, and the lens is demonstrated experimentally.
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OCIS Codes
(220.3620) Optical design and fabrication : Lens system design
(220.3630) Optical design and fabrication : Lenses
(230.3720) Optical devices : Liquid-crystal devices
Citation
Bin Wang, Mao Ye, and Susumu Sato, "Lens of Electrically Controllable Focal Length Made by a Glass Lens and Liquid-Crystal Layers," Appl. Opt. 43, 3420-3425 (2004)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-43-17-3420
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