Liquid-crystal microlens with a beam-steering function

被引：112

作者：

Masuda, S ^{[1
]}

Takahashi, S ^{[1
]}

Nose, T ^{[1
]}

Sato, S ^{[1
]}

Ito, H ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] TOHOKU UNIV,ELECT COMMUN RES INST,AOBA KU,SENDAI,MIYAGI 980,JAPAN

来源：

APPLIED OPTICS | 1997年 / 36卷 / 20期

关键词：

liquid crystal; optical device; beam steering; liquid crystal microlens;

D O I：

10.1364/AO.36.004772

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

A novel beam-steering device that makes use of a nematic liquid crystal (LC) is proposed and demonstrated. The beam-steering function is attained with a LC microlens with a divided hole-patterned electrode structure (DE-LC microlens). Optical properties of the DE-LC microlens are investigated and three-dimensional variable-focusing and beam-steering properties are verified experimentally for the first time, to our knowledge. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.

引用

页码：4772 / 4778

页数：7

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