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Published on: February 12, 2013
Zoom system by rotation of toroidal lenses
Abstract:
In a recent publication [Appl. Opt.57, 8087 (2018).] a zoom system based on rotating toroidal lenses had been theoretically suggested. Here we demonstrate two different experimental realizations of such a system. The first consists of a set of four individually rotatable cylindrical lenses, and the second of four rotatable diffractive optical elements with phase structures corresponding to "saddle-lenses". It turns out that image aberrations produced by the refractive zoom system are considerably reduced by the diffractive system.
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