Exact ray tracing for an adaptive liquid lens with elastic surfaces

J. González-García; A. Santiago-Alvarado; S. Vázquez-Montiel; A. Cordero-Dávila; G. Castro-González; E. Vera-Díaz; E. A. López-López

doi:10.1117/12.679719

31 August 2006 Exact ray tracing for an adaptive liquid lens with elastic surfaces

J. González-García, A. Santiago-Alvarado, S. Vázquez-Montiel, A. Cordero-Dávila, G. Castro-González, E. Vera-Díaz, E. A. López-López

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Proceedings Volume 6288, Current Developments in Lens Design and Optical Engineering VII; 62880T (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.679719
Event: SPIE Optics + Photonics, 2006, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

This study presents results obtained from the exact tracing of rays of an adaptive lens, that is, a liquid lens with transparent elastic surfaces. Because the elastics surfaces are deformed by a liquid, they acquire different curvatures depending on the difference in pressures of the liquid and of the environment. Images generated by this type of lens are simulated with a ray-tracing computer program, considering that each surface can be modeled with concentric spherical rings with different curvatures; this is because the elastic coefficients of the plastic materials used are non-linear.

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J. González-García, A. Santiago-Alvarado, S. Vázquez-Montiel, A. Cordero-Dávila, G. Castro-González, E. Vera-Díaz, and E. A. López-López "Exact ray tracing for an adaptive liquid lens with elastic surfaces", Proc. SPIE 6288, Current Developments in Lens Design and Optical Engineering VII, 62880T (31 August 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.679719

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