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Temperature effects on dielectric liquid lenses.

Hongxia Zhang, Hongwen Ren, Su Xu

    Optics Express
    |February 12, 2014
    PubMed
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    Dielectric liquid lenses exhibit threshold-like thermal stability. Above a specific temperature, focal length changes exponentially, but Type-I lenses show excellent stability and recoverability.

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