Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 37, Issue 9, 0922003(2017)

Design and Optimization of Low Voltage Driving Variable Focal Length Liquid Crystal Lens

Lan Yang1, Minshuai Wang1, Gongqin Xu1, Xiongtu Zhou2, Tailiang Guo2, and Yun Ye2、*
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  • 1 College of Science, Jimei University, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
  • 2 College of Physics and Information Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
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    The structure of the new double asymmetric liquid crystal lens is improved on the basis of the single round hole electrode liquid crystal lens. Combined with geometrical optics and liquid crystal theory, Zemax is used to simulate and optimize the parameters of this double layer structure liquid crystal lens. Zemax analysis results show that in the same low drive voltage( in the range of 2.5Vrms to 20Vrms) and at the angle of view with 0°, 3.5°and 5°, the double layer structure lens has wider focusing range than the single layer structure lens. The short focal length reduces from 19.6172 mm to 9.9059 mm. The aberration is significantly reduced. When the optical modulation transfer function (MTF) is 0.6, the radial direction resolution increases from 12.06 lp/mm to 21.02 lp/mm, almost doubled. The image resolution and clarity are significantly improved. The high frequency part MTF increases from 0.1 to 0.3. Finally, the experiment verifies that the diffraction specular of the double layer structure liquid crystal lens is the smallest at 20Vrms.

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    Lan Yang, Minshuai Wang, Gongqin Xu, Xiongtu Zhou, Tailiang Guo, Yun Ye. Design and Optimization of Low Voltage Driving Variable Focal Length Liquid Crystal Lens[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2017, 37(9): 0922003

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical Design and Fabrication

    Received: May. 8, 2017

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 7, 2018

    The Author Email: Ye Yun (yeyun07@fzu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS201737.0922003

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