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26 October 2013 Ring patterned electrode driven by electrical signal liquid crystal microlens with focus tunable
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Proceedings Volume 8917, MIPPR 2013: Multispectral Image Acquisition, Processing, and Analysis; 891702 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2032157
Event: Eighth International Symposium on Multispectral Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, 2013, Wuhan, China
Abstract
In this paper, we present a new LC lens with multi-ring patterned electrode, it consists of two ring-shaped sub-electrodes and a circle sub-electrode, each sub-electrode can be driven separately. The two rings have different diameter but the same center, when the two ring-shaped sub-electrodes are driven independently, the LC lens can work as micro convex lens with different clear aperture and its local length can be tunable along optical axis by electrical signal. As the voltage is applied to the circle sub-electrode, it appears like concave lens. With this design, it can achieve two types microlens effect in one structure, and by applying the voltage to the different patterned electrode, it can switch between two types microlens. The optical properties of the LC microlens are also demonstrated experimentally.
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Shengwu Kang, Xinyu Zhang, Hongshi Sang, and Changsheng Xie "Ring patterned electrode driven by electrical signal liquid crystal microlens with focus tunable", Proc. SPIE 8917, MIPPR 2013: Multispectral Image Acquisition, Processing, and Analysis, 891702 (26 October 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2032157
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KEYWORDS
Electrodes

Microlens

Liquid crystals

Optical properties

Refractive index

Lens design

Molecules

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