title: Adjustable adaptive compact fluidic phoropter with no mechanical translation of lenses.
abstract: We demonstrate a compact optical phoroptor consisting of adjustable astigmatic and defocus lenses. The lenses are fluidically controlled and allow for an arbitrary refractive error to be corrected without mechanically moving lenses. Shack-Hartmann measurements were used to characterize the optical properties of the individual lenses. The lenses were then assembled into the phoropter and controlled with three separate fluid controls. The phoroptor was verified by correcting the vision of a model eye with an induced refraction error.
authors.affiliation: College of Optical Sciences, 1630 E. University Boulevard, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 86721, USA.
authors.forename: Randall
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Mathine
authors.forename: Gholam
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Peyman
authors.forename: Jim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schwiegerling
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Peyghambarian
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007909:Lenses; D009038:Motion; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012212:Rheology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014787:Vision Tests / Q000295:instrumentation*