Singlet mega-pixel resolution lens

Chen-Hung Lin; Hoang Yan Lin; Horng Chang

doi:10.1117/12.757486

28 November 2007 Singlet mega-pixel resolution lens

Chen-Hung Lin, Hoang Yan Lin, Horng Chang

Proceedings Volume 6834, Optical Design and Testing III; 683410 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.757486
Event: Photonics Asia 2007, 2007, Beijing, China

Abstract

There always exist some new challenges for lens designers to keep their old-line technology update. To minimize lens volume is one of the most notified examples. In this paper we designed a single thick lens, constructed by using one oblique (reflective) surface, apart from two conventional refractive surfaces, to bend the optical path of the optical system to achieve this goal. Detail design procedure, including system layout and lens performance diagrams, will be presented. Following the first order layout, we applied aspherical form to the two refractive surfaces in order to correct the spherical aberration up to an acceptable condition. Then, the reduced aberrations such as coma, astigmatism, field curvature and distortion can easily be corrected with some calculations related to spherical aberration as shown in the publication of H. H. Hopkins (1950). Plastic material is used in the design, because the aspherical surfaces can then be manufactured in a more cost effective way. The final specification of the design is: EFL is 4.6 mm, the F number is 2.8, the over all thickness of lens is 3.6 mm, its MTF is 0.3 at 227 lp/mm in center field and chief ray angle is less than 15 degrees. Lens data as well as optical performance curves are also presented in the paper. In conclusion we have successfully finished a mega-pixel resolution lens design and its overall thickness is compatible with the state of the art.

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Chen-Hung Lin, Hoang Yan Lin, and Horng Chang "Singlet mega-pixel resolution lens", Proc. SPIE 6834, Optical Design and Testing III, 683410 (28 November 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.757486

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Modulation transfer functions

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Monochromatic aberrations

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