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20.3: Novel Adaptive Liquid Lens Actuated by Liquid Crystal Pistons
Author(s) -
Xu Su,
Ren Hongwen,
Wu ShinTson
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
sid symposium digest of technical papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2168-0159
pISSN - 0097-966X
DOI - 10.1002/j.2168-0159.2013.tb06188.x
Subject(s) - microlens , liquid crystal , lens (geology) , reciprocating motion , materials science , liquid crystal display , electrode , optoelectronics , optics , mechanical engineering , physics , engineering , quantum mechanics , gas compressor
We demonstrate a novel adaptive liquid lens actuated by liquid crystal (LC) pistons. The dielectrophoretic force generated by the embedded in‐plane‐switching electrode causes the reciprocating movement of LC droplets which, in turn, changes the optical power of the resultant liquid lens. Such a microlens array is promising for 3D image processing.