Recent development of tunable optical devices based on liquid

Q Wu, H Zhang, D Jia, T Liu - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Liquid opens up a new stage of device tunability and gradually replaced solid-state devices
and mechanical tuning. It optimizes the control method and improves the dynamic range of …

Adaptive spiral diffractive lenses—lenses with a twist

MA Geday, M Caño‐García, JM Otón… - Advanced Optical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A new concept of thin, flat, transparent variable lenses with unprecedented performance in
terms of active diameter and focal distance range is presented. The diffractive lens consists …

Ultrasound liquid crystal lens with enlarged aperture using traveling waves

J Onaka, T Iwase, M Fukui, D Koyama, M Matsukawa - Optics Letters, 2021 - opg.optica.org
A new type of ultrasonically controlled concave liquid crystal lens based on traveling waves
(TWs) with a divided electrode structure and an appropriate driving scheme is proposed in …

Liquid-crystal-polymer binary diffractive optical elements with a sub-micrometer feature size realized by a contact polarization holography

Q Fang, J Liu, Z Yan, Q Deng, H Pang, Y Lv, X Sun… - Optics Letters, 2022 - opg.optica.org
In this Letter, a contact polarization holographic photoalignment method is proposed. In the
holographic recording, a phase mask is contacted with a photoalignment film, making light …

Liquid crystal microlens array with positive and negative focal lengths based on a patterned electrode

M Xu, Y Xue, S Li, L Zhang, H Lu - Applied Optics, 2022 - opg.optica.org
A liquid crystal microlens array (LCMLA) with positive and negative focal lengths based on a
ring-array patterned electrodes is demonstrated. By carefully designing patterned electrodes …

Multiphysics Modelling of Liquid Crystal Based Adaptive Lenses

AA Vasile - 2020 - uwspace.uwaterloo.ca
Conventional lenses are limited by their fixed shaped and optical properties. Liquid crystal
adaptive lenses (LCLAs) are a promising candidate to move beyond these limitations thanks …

[PDF][PDF] Adaptive liquid crystal lenses (ALL). Keeping focus with no moving parts

MA Geday, M Caño-García, JM Otón, A Alcayde… - attract-eu.com
The ALL project has brought together lens technology developed at a public university with
an SME with experience in commercial liquid crystal electronics. The patented lens …