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Liquid tunable lens integrated with a rotational symmetric surface for long depth of focus
Jingran Kang1, Hongbin Yu, Haiqing Chen
1Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China. kangjingran@gmail.com
Abstract:
A liquid tunable lens with an extended depth of focus (DOF) is proposed. By integrating a phase plate with rotational symmetric quartic function (QF) contour into the liquid lens cavity, the lens can achieve higher tolerance to the defocus aberration. The liquid lens was fabricated with a convenient and low-cost process that combined single-point diamond turning (SPDT) with soft lithography using polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Experimental results demonstrate that both focal length tunability and extended DOF can be achieved with the proposed liquid lens.
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