Title :
Tunable-focus liquid crystal microlens arrays for display applications
Author :
Fan, Yun-Hsing ; Ren, Hongwen ; Liang, Xieo ; Wu, Shin-Tshon
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
A tunable-focus liquid crystal microlens array is demonstrated. The top flat substrate has an imbedded spherical indium-tin-oxide electrode arrays and the bottom has a planar ITO electrode. The LC microlens arrays can be tuned from positive to negative focus.
Keywords :
electrodes; indium compounds; liquid crystal displays; liquid crystals; microlenses; optical arrays; optical focusing; optical tuning; ITO; InSnO; display applications; liquid crystal microlens arrays; negative focus; planar ITO electrode; positive focus; spherical indium-tin-oxide electrode arrays; tunable-focus microlens arrays; Electrodes; Glass; Indium tin oxide; Lenses; Liquid crystal displays; Microoptics; Optical arrays; Polymers; Refractive index; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363100
