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Ultrasound liquid crystal lens with a variable focus in the radial direction for image stabilization

Onaka et al., 2021

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10388164522066897895
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Onaka J
Iwase T
Emoto A
Koyama D
Matsukawa M
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Applied Optics

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New technologies for adaptive optics are becoming increasingly important for miniature devices such as cell-phone cameras. In particular, motion-free autofocusing and optical image stabilization require sophisticated approaches for alternative lens architectures …
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    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating, or modulating; Non-linear optics
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