Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 62, Issue 9, 0923001(2025)

Wavefront Correction Using Liquid Lens Array Based on Electrowetting-on-Dielectric

Haoyu Zhou1、*, Yangmian Zhu1,2, Haixin Liang1, Jian Zhang1, Songfeng Kou2, Zhongcheng Liang1, and Rui Zhao1
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  • 1College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu , China
  • 2Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics & Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210042, Jiangsu , China
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    To correct the wavefront combining error caused by piston, tilt, and defocus errors, an electrowetting-based liquid lens array is designed. The Comsol and Zemax software packages are employed to simulate the evolution of liquid-liquid interface in the liquid lens, driven by the working voltage. The wavefront correction ability of the liquid lens array for piston, tilt, and curvature errors under different arrangements and element spacings is analyzed. The simulation results indicate that the liquid lens array successfully corrects and compensates for wavefront aberration. The peak-to-valley value of the output wavefront, corrected by the regular hexagonal-shaped arranging liquid lens array, decreased from 45.6864 λ to 0.0340 λ; the root mean square value was reduced from 14.9127 λ to 0.0073 λ, while the Strehl ratio improved from 0.003 to 0.998. The results show that the electrowetting-based liquid lens array has considerable prospects in wavefront correction of adaptive optics field.

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    Haoyu Zhou, Yangmian Zhu, Haixin Liang, Jian Zhang, Songfeng Kou, Zhongcheng Liang, Rui Zhao. Wavefront Correction Using Liquid Lens Array Based on Electrowetting-on-Dielectric[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2025, 62(9): 0923001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical Devices

    Received: Aug. 14, 2024

    Accepted: Sep. 30, 2024

    Published Online: Apr. 23, 2025

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    DOI:10.3788/LOP241844

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP241844

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