Adaptive lenticular lens array using a hybrid liquid crystal-carbon nanotube nanophotonic device

Kanghee J. Won; Ranjith Rajasekharan; Philip J. W. Hands; Qing Dai; Timothy D. Wilkinson

doi:10.1117/1.3582172

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1 May 2011 Adaptive lenticular lens array using a hybrid liquid crystal-carbon nanotube nanophotonic device

Kanghee J. Won, Ranjith Rajasekharan, Philip J. W. Hands, Qing Dai, Timothy D. Wilkinson

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Optical Engineering, 50(5), 054002 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3582172

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We present a switchable liquid crystal cylindrical lens array fabricated with a combination of a sparse electrode array of multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) grown upon a silicon substrate, and a second glass substrate featuring an in-plane switching (IPS) electrode structure. A cylindrical shape of an electric field profile was produced between the MWCNT substrate and the IPS substrate. This cylindrical shape was controlled by the application of an external electric field. The average focal lengths at different voltages were calculated. This adaptive lenticular lens array can be used in autostereoscopic displays.

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Kanghee J. Won, Ranjith Rajasekharan, Philip J. W. Hands, Qing Dai, and Timothy D. Wilkinson "Adaptive lenticular lens array using a hybrid liquid crystal-carbon nanotube nanophotonic device," Optical Engineering 50(5), 054002 (1 May 2011). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3582172

Published: 1 May 2011

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