title: Adaptive liquid lens actuated by photo-polymer.
abstract: An adaptive liquid lens actuated by a photo-polymer is demonstrated. The lens cell consists of a top glass substrate and a bottom plastic slab with two holes: reservoir hole and lens hole, which are sealed with elastic membranes. A photo-sensitive polymer is attached to the membrane of the reservoir hole. Under blue light irradiation, the polymer is bent which exerts a pressure to regulate the curvature of the membrane on the lens hole and then change the focal length of the plano-convex lens. The focal length is tunable from infinity to 21.2 mm in seconds. Non-mechanical driving, easy integration with other optical components and compact system are the key features of this lens.
authors.affiliation: College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA.
authors.forename: Su
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Hongwen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Yeong-Jyh
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: M G Jim
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Moharam
authors.forename: Shin-Tson
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Nelson
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tabiryan
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007909:Lenses; D010777:Photochemistry / Q000379:methods; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012212:Rheology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers