Achromatic diffractive lens written onto a liquid crystal display

We propose a programmable diffractive lens written onto a liquid crystal display (LCD) that is able to provide equal focal lengths for several wavelengths simultaneously. To achieve this goal it is necessary that the LCD operate in the phase-only regime simultaneously for the different wavelengths....

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Autores: Márquez Ruiz, Andrés|||0000-0003-4123-2011, Iemmi, Claudio, Campos Coloma, Juan|||0000-0002-2479-4373, Yzuel Gimenez, Josefa|||0000-0002-7235-5578
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:118167
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/118167
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1364/OL.31.000392
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Òptica
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Sumario:We propose a programmable diffractive lens written onto a liquid crystal display (LCD) that is able to provide equal focal lengths for several wavelengths simultaneously. To achieve this goal it is necessary that the LCD operate in the phase-only regime simultaneously for the different wavelengths. We design the appropriate lens for each wavelength, and then the lenses are spatially multiplexed onto the LCD. Various multiplexing schemes have been analyzed, and the random scheme shows the best performance. We further show the possibility of finely tuning the chromaticity of the focal spot by changing the relative weights of the multiplexing among the various wavelengths.