Abstract

Electrowetting lenses with record low power consumption (microwatts) have been demonstrated using high-quality parylene AF-4 dielectric layers and large dodecyl sulfate ions. Water and propylene glycol are interchanged as the polar liquid to enable diverging and converging lens operation achievable with the application of 15 V. The optical quality of the lenses is comparable to conventional microlenses and the tuning exhibits very little ($<0.5°$) contact angle hysteresis.

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Fabrication and characterization of a two-dimensional individually addressable electrowetting microlens array

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Simulation of electrowetting lens and prism arrays for wavefront compensation

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Adaptive electrowetting lens-prism element

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Tunable liquid lens for three-photon excitation microscopy

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Electrowetting lenses for compensating phase and curvature distortion in arrayed laser systems

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