Simulation of electrowetting lens and prism arrays for wavefront compensation

A novel application of electrowetting devices has been simulated: wavefront correction using an array of electrowetting lenses and prisms. Five waves of distortion can be corrected with Strehl ratios of 0.9 or higher, utilizing piston, tip-tilt, and curvature corrections from arrays of 19 elements a...

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Published inApplied optics. Optical technology and biomedical optics Vol. 51; no. 27; p. 6618
Main Authors Gopinath, Juliet T, Bright, Victor M, Cogswell, Carol C, Niederriter, Robert D, Watson, Alexander, Zahreddine, Ramzi, Cormack, Robert H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 20.09.2012
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Summary:A novel application of electrowetting devices has been simulated: wavefront correction using an array of electrowetting lenses and prisms. Five waves of distortion can be corrected with Strehl ratios of 0.9 or higher, utilizing piston, tip-tilt, and curvature corrections from arrays of 19 elements and fill factors as low as 40%. Effective control of piston can be achieved by placing the liquid lens array at the focus of two microlens arrays. Seven waves of piston delay can be generated with variation in focal length between 1.5 and 500 mm.
ISSN:2155-3165
DOI:10.1364/AO.51.006618