Optical Technique, Volume. 50, Issue 5, 533(2024)

Design and fabrication of variable focus liquid cylindrical lenses

LIU Zhiqiang1... ZHANG Jian1, ZHAO Rui1,*, LIANG Zhongcheng1, and KOU Songfeng23 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Center of Optofluidic Technology,Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunication,Nanjing 210023,China
  • 2National Astronomical Observatories/Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics & Technology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Nanjing 210042,China
  • 3CAS Key Laboratory of Astronomical Optics & Technology,Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics & Technology,Nanjing 210042,China
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    Received: Feb. 16, 2024

    Accepted: Mar. 10, 2025

    Published Online: Mar. 10, 2025

    The Author Email: Rui ZHAO (zhaor@njupt.edu.cn)

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