Volumetric correction of the aberrations with Multi Actuator Adaptive Lenses
Abstract
The Multi-actuator Adaptive Lens (M-AL) can correct up to the 4th radial order of Zernike polynomials,without any obstructions (electrodes, pixels or actuators) placed inside its clear aperture. As a transmissiveoptical element, it can be readily integrated with the most of the existing imaging systems to provideaberration correction for improving the quality of optical instruments. Its use in microscopy and inophthalmic instruments have already been demonstrated in some recent publications. Furthermore, in therecent NICOP project between NRL and CNR-IFN we further develop the adaptive lens in order to be able toimprove the performances of adaptive zoom developed at NRL. In this latter case, the use of the multiactuatoradaptive lens was able to improve the performances of the adaptive zoom developed at NRL andbased on polymer liquid lens.Adaptive optics systems based on a single deformable mirror have been demonstrated to be able to correctfor aberrations on axis. We propose to use a stack of multi actuator adaptive lenses in order to be able togenerate and correct aberrations with all their spatial structure. This will allow the correction of theaberrations in all the field of view of the instrument.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Apr 29, 2020
- Source ID
- N629092012022
Entities
People
- Stefano Bonora
Organizations
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy