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Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 44, Issue 16, 1611002(2024)

Imaging of Variable Focusing Liquid Crystal Microlens Array

Dawei Gan, Zhiqiang Liu, Wenbin Feng, Jiayi Wang, and Mao Ye^*

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School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, Sichuan, China

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Paper Information

Category: Imaging Systems

Received: Mar. 4, 2024

Accepted: Apr. 18, 2024

Published Online: Jul. 31, 2024

The Author Email: Ye Mao (mao_ye@uestc.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/AOS240683

CSTR:32393.14.AOS240683

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