Liquid crystal lenticular lens array with switchable positive and negative power

Ying-ying XUE; Jing LI; Hong-bo LU; Miao XU

doi:10.37188/CJLCD.2021-0352

Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 37, Issue 8, 1086(2022)

Liquid crystal lenticular lens array with switchable positive and negative power

Ying-ying XUE^1,3, Jing LI^1,4, Hong-bo LU^1,2,4, and Miao XU^1,2,4、*

¹National Engineering Lab of Special Display Technology，National Key Lab of Advanced Display Technology，Academy of Opto-electric Technology，Hefei University of Technology，Hefei 230009，China

²Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Measuring Theory and Precision Instrument，School of Instrument Science and Optoelectronics Engineering，Hefei University of Technology，Hefei 230009，China

³School of Physics，Hefei University of Technology，Hefei 230009，China

⁴Key Laboratory of Advance Functional Materials and Devices of Anhui Province，School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering，Hefei University of Technology，Hefei 230009，China

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Dec. 31, 2021

Accepted: --

Published Online: Aug. 15, 2022

The Author Email: Miao XU (xumiao0711@hfut.edu.cn)

DOI:10.37188/CJLCD.2021-0352

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