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Design of polarization-insensitive multi-electrode GRIN lens with a blue-phase liquid crystal 1,2 1 2 1,* Chao-Te Lee, Yan Li, Hoang-Yan Lin, and Shin-Tson Wu 1College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA 2Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan * swu@mail.ucf.edu Abstract: We report the design and simulation results of an adaptive GRIN lens based on multi-electrode addressed blue phase liquid crystal. A high dielectric constant layer helps to smoothen out the horizontal electric field and reduce the operating voltage. Such a GRIN lens is insensitive to polarization while keeping parabolic phase profile as the focal length changes. ©2011 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (230.3720) Liquid crystal devices; (110.1080) Active or adaptive optics. References and links 1. S. Sato, “Liquid-crystal lens-cells with variable focal length,” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 18(9), 1679–1684 (1979). 2. T. Nose, S. Masuda, S. Sato, J. Li, L. C. Chien, and P. J. Bos, “Effects of low polymer content in a liquid-crystal microlens,” Opt. Lett. 22(6), 351–353 (1997). 3. M. G. H. Hiddink, S. T. de Zwart, O. H. Willemsen, and T. Dekker, “Locally switchable 3D displays,” Soc. Inf. Display Tech. Dig. 37(1), 1142–1145 (2006). 4. M. Ferstl and A. Frisch, “Static and dynamic Fresnel zone lenses for optical interconnections,” J. Mod. Opt. 43(7), 1451–1462 (1996). 5. P. F. McManam