Liquid crystal lens with concentric electrodes and inter-electrode resistors

L Li, D Bryant, PJ Bos - Liquid Crystals Reviews, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
In this review, we provide an overview of recent efforts in designing high-quality tunable
liquid crystal (LC) lenses with concentric electrodes. The design concepts are introduced …

Near-diffraction-limited and low-haze electro-optical tunable liquid crystal lens with floating electrodes

L Li, D Bryant, T Van Heugten, PJ Bos - Optics Express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
A near-diffraction-limited, low-haze and tunable liquid crystal (LC) lens is presented.
Building on an understanding of the key factors that have limited the performance of lenses …

Focus tuning by liquid crystal lens in imaging system

M Ye, B Wang, M Uchida, S Yanase, S Takahashi… - Applied Optics, 2012 - opg.optica.org
A quantitative study of the focus tuning by a liquid crystal lens in an imaging system
composed of a camera module and the liquid crystal lens that performs the focusing function …

Physical limitations and fundamental factors affecting performance of liquid crystal tunable lenses with concentric electrode rings

L Li, D Bryant, T Van Heugten, PJ Bos - Applied optics, 2013 - opg.optica.org
A comprehensive analysis of fundamental factors and their effects on the performance of
liquid crystal (LC)-based lenses is given. The analysis adopts numerical LC director and …

Speed, optical power, and off-axis imaging improvement of refractive liquid crystal lenses

L Li, D Bryant, T Van Heugten, PJ Bos - Applied Optics, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Two design approaches (multicell and addition of phase resets in single cell) are introduced
to optimize the performances of tunable refractive liquid crystal lenses, including …

[書籍][B] High quality Liquid Crystal tunable lenses and optimization with floating electrodes

L Li - 2013 - search.proquest.com
HIGH QUALITY LIQUID CRYSTAL TUNABLE LENSES AND OPTIMIZATION WITH FLOATING
ELECTRODES A dissertation submitted to Kent State Univ Page 1 HIGH QUALITY LIQUID …

Dual field of view optics with non-mechanical switching

BM Pixton, JN Vizgaitis, RS Draper - US Patent 9,201,220, 2015 - Google Patents
The present disclosure has resolved these challenges and enables a dual FOV lens to be
made using LCDLs. Specifi cally, an exemplary compact optical imager that can Switch field …