Cylindrical adaptive lenses

Oleg A. Zayakin; Mikhail Yu. Loktev; Gordon D. Love; Alexander F. Naumov

doi:10.1117/12.370481

19 November 1999 Cylindrical adaptive lenses

Oleg A. Zayakin, Mikhail Yu. Loktev, Gordon D. Love, Alexander F. Naumov

Proceedings Volume 3983, Sixth International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.370481
Event: Sixth International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics, 1999, Tomsk, Russian Federation

Abstract

The correction of low-order aberrations is important in many adaptive optics applications. Modal cylindrical adaptive lenses can be used to correct several low order aberrations. Furthermore, the same technology can be used for creating arrays of controllable lenses. The most significant feature of these cylindrical lenses is a modal control system based on nematic liquid crystals. Modal control allows the precise control of the spatial phase distribution in order to achieve an aberration-free lens. This has been investigated both by computer simulation and experiment. We found that the introduction of a 180-degree phase shift between the second or higher order harmonics and no phase shift between the first harmonic components of the control voltages improves the optical performance of the device. These extra harmonics eliminate the strong dependence of the liquid crystal orientation on the impedance of the device. This is especially important for devices with small apertures. It also was found that modal cylindrical lens controlled by two-harmonic voltages can produce a slit-like beam whose transverse structure has the shape of a pulse which remains unchanged over a long range in the direction of propagation. We investigated a device with two-crossed 1D control electrodes and produced a lens with controllable focus and astigmatism.

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Oleg A. Zayakin, Mikhail Yu. Loktev, Gordon D. Love, and Alexander F. Naumov "Cylindrical adaptive lenses", Proc. SPIE 3983, Sixth International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics, (19 November 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.370481

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