Patent ID: 11933973
Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 2:
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein each adaptive multielectrode electrowetting optical element comprises:
a transparent substrate having a surface;
one or more sidewalls extending from the surface of the substrate, the one or more sidewalls having surfaces defining a cavity;
a polar liquid disposed within the cavity;
a second liquid disposed within the cavity, the second liquid being immiscible with the polar liquid and having a different index of refraction than the first liquid, the second liquid being substantially electrically insulating, the polar liquid and the second liquid forming two distinct liquid phases within the cavity;
a plurality of independently-addressable first electrodes disposed along the sidewalls of the cavity; and
one or more second electrodes electrically isolated from the one or more first electrodes.