Biomimetic optical system using polymer lenses with tunable focus

Dan Liang; Ke Xiang; Jia-Wei Du; Jun-Nan Yang; Xuan-Yin Wang

doi:10.1117/1.OE.53.10.105101

15 October 2014 Biomimetic optical system using polymer lenses with tunable focus

Dan Liang, Ke Xiang, Jia-Wei Du, Jun-Nan Yang, Xuan-Yin Wang

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 53, Issue 10, 105101 (October 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.53.10.105101

Abstract

A biomimetic system using polymer lenses for the optical design and application is developed. The system mainly consisted of a bionic cornea lens, voice coil motor, compression ring, bionic crystalline lens, substrate, and CCD sensor. By controlling the current of the voice coil motor, we could change the motion of the compression ring to alter the curvature radius of the bionic crystalline lens, thus adjusting the focal length of the whole system. The integrated constructure of the optical system was presented, as well as the detailed description of the lens composition, material, and fabrication process. Images under different displacement loads were captured, the relationship among the curvature radius, observed back focal length, and predicted effective focal length was analyzed, and the spot diagram of the optical system was simulated using ZEMAX software. The focal length of the optical system ranged from 17.3 to 24.5 mm under a tiny displacement load from 0 to 0.14 mm. Besides, the images captured at different rotating angles presented almost identical patterns and the same image quality, which showed good robustness to the gravity. The biomimetic optical system is of interest to develop an integrated, low-cost, and stable imaging system.

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Dan Liang, Ke Xiang, Jia-Wei Du, Jun-Nan Yang, and Xuan-Yin Wang "Biomimetic optical system using polymer lenses with tunable focus," Optical Engineering 53(10), 105101 (15 October 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.53.10.105101

Published: 15 October 2014

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