Liquid crystal lenses with tunable focal length

YH Lin, YJ Wang, V Reshetnyak - Liquid Crystals Reviews, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Lenses with tunable focal length play important roles in nature by helping species avoid
predators and capture prey. Many practical devices mimic lens concept for imaging, sensing …

Electrically tunable lenses: a review

L Chen, M Ghilardi, JJC Busfield… - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Optical lenses with electrically controllable focal length are of growing interest, in order to
reduce the complexity, size, weight, response time and power consumption of conventional …

Recent advances in adaptive liquid crystal lenses

JF Algorri, DC Zografopoulos, V Urruchi… - Crystals, 2019 - mdpi.com
An adaptive-focus lens is a device that is capable of tuning its focal length by means of an
external stimulus. Numerous techniques for the demonstration of such devices have been …

A high birefringence liquid crystal for lenses with large aperture

N Bennis, T Jankowski, O Strzezysz, A Pakuła… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
This work presents the application of an experimental nematic liquid crystal (LC) mixture
(1929) in a large aperture lens. The LC material is composed of terphenyl and biphenyl …

Liquid crystal technology for vergence-accommodation conflicts in augmented reality and virtual reality systems: a review

YJ Wang, YH Lin - Liquid Crystals Reviews, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
With the help of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) systems, users can receive
information and connect with each other via near-eye displays (NEDs). However, several …

Electrically adjustable location of a projected image in augmented reality via a liquid-crystal lens

HS Chen, YJ Wang, PJ Chen, YH Lin - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
An augmented reality (AR) system involving the electrically tunable location of a projected
image is implemented using a liquid-crystal (LC) lens. The projected image is either real or …

Electrically tunable gradient-index lenses via liquid crystals: beyond the power law

YH Lin, WC Cheng, V Reshetnyak, HH Huang… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
In this study we present an investigation of electrically tunable progressive lenses utilizing
liquid crystals (LC). We introduce a polarized progressive LC lens capable of dynamically …

Liquid-crystal phase-only devices

JM Otón, E Otón, X Quintana, MA Geday - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2018 - Elsevier
Phase-only devices based on liquid crystals are becoming popular solutions for a high
number of applications in many diverse areas. The use of an electrooptic material such as …

Augmented reality with image registration, vision correction and sunlight readability via liquid crystal devices

YJ Wang, PJ Chen, X Liang, YH Lin - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Augmented reality (AR), which use computer-aided projected information to augment our
sense, has important impact on human life, especially for the elder people. However, there …

Aspherical liquid crystal lenses based on a variable transmission electrode

N Bennis, T Jankowski, P Morawiak, A Spadlo… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
In this work, a technique to generate aspherical liquid crystal lenses with positive and
negative optical power is experimentally demonstrated. The main enabling element is a …