Array of reconfigurable diffractive lens on flexible substrate
(Conference Presentation)

Mohammad J. Moghimi; Hongrui Jiang

doi:10.1117/12.2217740

27 April 2016 Array of reconfigurable diffractive lens on flexible substrate (Conference Presentation)

Mohammad J. Moghimi, Hongrui Jiang

Proceedings Volume 9721, Nanoscale Imaging, Sensing, and Actuation for Biomedical Applications XIII; 972109 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2217740
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We designed and fabricated microscale lens arrays on a flexible substrate. The flexibility of the substrate allows for wide field of view imaging as well as optical focus scanning. Fresnel zone plates (FZPs), which are compact and lightweight, are used as microlenses for focusing. The arrangement of FZPs on flexible substrate can be reconfigured to maximize FOV. Tunable focus can also be achieved by stretching the FZPs laterally. In addition, the lightweight microlenses can be actuated to scan the focus axially. The lenses have a wide range of applications including displays, contact lenses, microscopy, surveillance and optical communications. The diameter of the microlenses ranges from 100 to 500 µm. The thickness of the lenses is 100 µm. Unlike refractive and reflective lenses, the focusing capability of FZPs is achieved via diffraction. FZPs consist of alternating black and white zones to modulate the phase of the incident light. The light diffracted from edge of the regions to achieve multiple focus. Most of the energy is diffracted into the first focus. The dark regions are made of silicon nanowires which are highly absorbent for visible spectrum. Standard processes, including wet and dry etching, are used to etch silicon substrate and form nanowires. The white zones are designed for both reflective and transmissive lenses. The lenses are implemented on PDMS as flexible substrate. The silicon nanowires are embedded into PDMS so that the shape of individual lens as well as the arrangement of the array can be reconfigured. In this article, we report our design, fabrication process and experiments.

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Mohammad J. Moghimi and Hongrui Jiang "Array of reconfigurable diffractive lens on flexible substrate (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 9721, Nanoscale Imaging, Sensing, and Actuation for Biomedical Applications XIII, 972109 (27 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2217740

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Microlens

Nanowires

Silicon

Reflectivity

Contact lenses

Microscopy

Optical communications

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