Title :
A Liquid Crystal Droplet Lens Driven by Dielectric Force
Author :
Cheng, Chih-Cheng ; Liu, Chang-Hua ; Yeh, J. Andrew
Author_Institution :
Inst. of MicroElectroMech. Syst., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu
Abstract :
A focus tunable dielectric liquid droplet lens was demonstrated using a liquid crystal droplet and concentric electrodes. This lens was a shape-changed lens with a tuning ratio of 16% in the range of 200V
Keywords :
dielectric liquids; lenses; liquid crystals; optical focusing; optical materials; optical tuning; concentric electrodes; dielectric force; dielectric liquid; focus tunable lens; liquid crystal droplet lens; shape-changed lens; Birefringence; Contacts; Dielectric liquids; Electrodes; Focusing; Lenses; Liquid crystals; Optical polarization; Refractive index; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Optical MEMS and Their Applications Conference, 2006. IEEE/LEOS International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9562-X
DOI :
10.1109/OMEMS.2006.1708284
