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Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 4, Issue 4, 046015(2025)

Monolithically 3D-nanoprinted millimeter-scale lens actuator for dynamic focus control in optical systems

Florian Lux^1,2、*, Aybuke Calikoglu³, and Çağlar Ataman^1,2

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¹University of Freiburg, Department of Microsystems Engineering, Microsystems for Biomedical Imaging Group, Freiburg, Germany

²University of Freiburg, BrainLinks-BrainTools, Freiburg, Germany

³University of Freiburg, Laboratory for Micro-optics, Department of Microsystems Engineering, Freiburg, Germany

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Jan. 28, 2025

Accepted: Jul. 4, 2025

Published Online: Jul. 28, 2025

The Author Email: Florian Lux (florian.lux@imtek.uni-freiburg.de)

DOI:10.1117/1.APN.4.4.046015

CSTR:32397.14.1.APN.4.4.046015

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