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OPTICS EXPRESS
Volume 17, Issue 14, Pages 11813-11821Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.011813
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We present an extended optical characterization of an adaptive microfluidic silicone-membrane lens at a wavelength of 633 nm, respectively 660 nm. Two different membrane variations; one with a homogeneous membrane thickness, and one with a shaped cross section, have been realized. This paper includes the theoretical predictions of the optical performance via FEM simulation and ray tracing, and a subsequent orientation dependent experimental analysis of the lens quality which is measured with an MTF setup and a Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The influence of the fabrication process on the optical performance is also characterized by the membrane deformation in the non-deflected state. The lens with the homogeneous membrane of 5 mm in diameter and an aperture of 2.5 mm indicates an almost orientation independent image quality of 117 linepairs/mm at a contrast of 50%. The shaped membrane lenses show a minimum wave front error of WFERMS = 24 nm, and the lenses with a planar membrane of WFERMS = 31 nm at an aperture of 2.125 mm. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America
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