Monochromatic and chromatic aberrations of the thin refractive variable-focus lens

Antonin Miks; Jiri Novak; Pavel Novak

doi:10.1117/12.896782

22 September 2011 Monochromatic and chromatic aberrations of the thin refractive variable-focus lens

Antonin Miks, Jiri Novak, Pavel Novak

Proceedings Volume 8167, Optical Design and Engineering IV; 81671P (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.896782
Event: SPIE Optical Systems Design, 2011, Marseille, France

Abstract

We present an approach to an analysis of the third order monochromatic and chromatic aberrations of thin refractive fluid lenses with a variable focal length. A detailed theoretical analysis is performed for a simple variable-focus lens and formulas are derived for an optical design of such lenses. Aberration coefficients of the third order of the variable-focus lens can be completely characterized by three parameters which depend only on refractive indices of fluids forming the variable-focus lens. The calculations are provided for Varioptic lens Arctic-416. Potential applications for a primary optical design of modern liquid lens-based optical systems are emphasized.

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Antonin Miks, Jiri Novak, and Pavel Novak "Monochromatic and chromatic aberrations of the thin refractive variable-focus lens", Proc. SPIE 8167, Optical Design and Engineering IV, 81671P (22 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.896782

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