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Area of Science:

  • Optics
  • Ophthalmology
  • Optical Engineering

Background:

  • Multizone lens design is costly and time-consuming.
  • Evaluating lens efficacy before fabrication is crucial for efficiency.
  • Ex vivo testing methods can streamline the design process.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe a novel system for optical testing of multizone bifocal and multifocal optics.
  • To utilize subaperture stitching with liquid crystal technologies for optical simulation.
  • To enable thorough evaluation of complex optical designs prior to physical prototyping.

Main Methods:

  • Incorporated liquid crystal spatial light modulators (SLMs) in a dual-channel system.
  • Generated complementary subapertures via amplitude modulation and recombined optical paths.
  • Used a Shack-Hartmann aberrometer to measure optical characteristics and computed performance metrics.

Main Results:

  • Achieved high transmission modulation for two- and five-zone bifocal apertures.
  • Observed expected diffraction patterns in point spread functions for specific designs.
  • Identified limitations including low SLM efficiency and a restricted visual field (±0.45 degrees).

Conclusions:

  • The system successfully simulated simultaneous bifocal and multifocal lenses for ex vivo evaluation.
  • Future objective and subjective assessments of complex optical designs are facilitated.
  • SLM efficiency and diffraction phenomena currently limit the technology's broader utility for multizone optics.