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    Area of Science:

    • Optics
    • Materials Science
    • Biomimicry

    Background:

    • Traditional microlens arrays often have limitations in field of view and adaptability.
    • Mimicking the ommatidia structure of insect eyes offers a promising approach for advanced optical systems.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a new liquid crystal (LC) microlens structure with ommatidia function.
    • To investigate the focusing characteristics and optical properties of the proposed LC microlens array.

    Main Methods:

    • Fabrication of a liquid crystal cell with overlapped patterned electrode layers, each containing circular electrode arrays of different sizes.
    • Insulating controlling electrodes with SiO₂ coating on one glass substrate and using a plane base electrode on another.
    • Filling the cell with nematic LC material and applying voltage signals to the electrodes.

    Main Results:

    • Each circular unit in the array functions as a microconvex lens, demonstrating good focusing capabilities along the optical axis.
    • The entire array exhibits ommatidia optical characteristics due to simultaneous imaging by multiple microconvex lenses.
    • Two distinct circular arrays provide different fields of view, resulting in extraordinary ommatidia effects.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed LC microlens structure successfully replicates the ommatidia function.
    • The array's ability to provide multiple fields of view offers significant potential for advanced optical imaging.
    • Experimental validation confirms the proposed LC microlens' effective optical properties.