These days, nothing lasts very long, and things often change for the better, but there are sure things in our community, such as this annual event, which has been going on for 25 years. The first edition in 2000 of th...
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(纸本)9781510679221;9781510679238
These days, nothing lasts very long, and things often change for the better, but there are sure things in our community, such as this annual event, which has been going on for 25 years. The first edition in 2000 of the currentdevelopments in Lens design and optical Systems engineeringconference took place during International Symposium on optical science and technology, 30 July - 4 August 2000 in San Diego. Over 45 oral presentations and ten posters were presented. The chairs were Robert E. Fischer, Warren J. Smith, R. Barry Johnson, and William H. Swantner. The proceeding was numbered 4093 and 24 years later the number is 12666 (2023). This paper looks back on the great moments of our conference, its speakers, the subjects that have come and gone, and those that have remained.
Our study presents recent progress in modelling and performing lens opticaldesign with metasurfaces. We developed semi-analytical models that recover the output phase, polarization, dispersion and group delay of vari...
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(纸本)9781510679221;9781510679238
Our study presents recent progress in modelling and performing lens opticaldesign with metasurfaces. We developed semi-analytical models that recover the output phase, polarization, dispersion and group delay of various nanostructures. This enables the mixing of different nanostructures to obtain a target dispersion profile an interesting application of the model. These models can readily be implemented within opticaldesign software such as Zemax and use the built-in optimization of opticaldesign processes while avoiding time-consuming electrodynamics computation. We also introduce the metasurfaces to the analytical lens design framework. This enables us to analytically compute the phase profile of freeform metasurface doublet concerning particular ray conditions such as the Abbe Sine condition as we presented here.
Liquid Mirror Telescopes have been shown to be a credible alternative to traditional telescopes for building low-cost observatories. Previous LMTs were based on the rotation of a pool of mercury which, from the rotati...
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(纸本)9781510679221;9781510679238
Liquid Mirror Telescopes have been shown to be a credible alternative to traditional telescopes for building low-cost observatories. Previous LMTs were based on the rotation of a pool of mercury which, from the rotation, takes the shape of a parabola. However, they cannot be tilted as traditional telescopes to observe at fields away from the zenith. In the context of the DARPA Zenith program, we present a telescope concept where a magnetic fluid is shaped to a parabolic surface by combining wetting effects and magnetic fields which allow the telescope to be tilted. We also show that the off-axis optical aberrations of the telescope, when observing off-axis, can be cancelled by a surface correction of the parabolic liquid surface by adding a correction to the already applied magnetic field that shapes the mirror surface. In this approach, the scientific instruments are located at the focal plane and designed to track the beam as the field changes.
A luminaire designed for tunnel lighting is proposed, featuring the ability to adjust the ratio between counter-beam and pro-beam lighting based on different contexts. This allows the luminaire to achieve the optimal ...
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(纸本)9781510679221;9781510679238
A luminaire designed for tunnel lighting is proposed, featuring the ability to adjust the ratio between counter-beam and pro-beam lighting based on different contexts. This allows the luminaire to achieve the optimal lighting mode for the conditions within the tunnel at that time. When both side LEDs are activated, it operates in symmetric lighting mode. When a single-side LED is activated, it switches to either counter-beam or pro-beam lighting mode. The advantage of this luminaire lies in the use of a single freeform secondary lens and LEDs, making installation simpler. It ensures driver safety and is more energy-efficient than traditional tunnel lights.
The fabrication of curved compound eye camera systems is usually complex since it can involve multiple nonstandard components to achieve the desired effect. In this paper we aim to provide a close alternative to these...
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(纸本)9781510679221;9781510679238
The fabrication of curved compound eye camera systems is usually complex since it can involve multiple nonstandard components to achieve the desired effect. In this paper we aim to provide a close alternative to these custom optical elements using off the shelf components or to provide a framework to design these systems using standard fabrication techniques. We will first demonstrate how lens distortion can be leveraged to optically bend a standard planar microlens array, and how this bending correlates to a curved microlens array. We will then show lab results of curved compound eye camera made using an off-the-shelf fisheye lens and a standard microlens array and how the equivalent curved microlens array system reproduces image in the real world and provide a comparison using image simulation from an opticaldesign software and a scene recorded using a neural radiance field.
Thermal requirements often constrain opticaldesigns resulting in cost or performance compromises. Unless an optical system is designed from the start considering thermal requirements, effects including thermal defocu...
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(纸本)9781510679221;9781510679238
Thermal requirements often constrain opticaldesigns resulting in cost or performance compromises. Unless an optical system is designed from the start considering thermal requirements, effects including thermal defocus can become detrimental to the system's real-world performance. Novel negative thermal expansion ALLvAR Alloys enable a new degree of freedom during initial system design or can be used to passively athermalize an existing optical system without having to re-design. This work discusses the analysis and integration of ALLvAR Alloy 30 into an optomechanical housing to athermalize mounted commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) doublets. Calculations for the thermal defocus of the doublets and the requisite opto-mechanics to athermalize each system are first presented. The target athermalization of the doublets is also discussed. The ALLvAR Alloy 30 athermalized doublet assemblies are then manufactured, built, and tested. The results of the as-built data and testing are presented as compared to the thermal defocus analysis. This work demonstrates that an existing optical system design can be athermalized by utilizing an ALLvAR Alloy material in the optomechanical design.
Most Silicon based depth and lidar sensors rely on near-infrared (NIR 750-900nm) sources to produce depth images as Silicon CMOS sensors can achieve a high quantum efficiency for an unbeatable cost at such wavelengths...
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(纸本)9781510679221;9781510679238
Most Silicon based depth and lidar sensors rely on near-infrared (NIR 750-900nm) sources to produce depth images as Silicon CMOS sensors can achieve a high quantum efficiency for an unbeatable cost at such wavelengths. Advances in short wave infrared (SWIR) sensor technologies, such as Silicon-Germanium sensors, changes this paradigm and opens a new window for groundbreaking sensor designs, as SWIR can push the wavelength above retinal hazard area (>1400nm), allowing for much higher eye safety, due to the low penetration of those wavelengths through the eye lens. Here, we propose to use a Silicon Metalens flat optics and build upon our stacked sensor technologies to obtain a fully Silicon integrated stacked sensor at SWIR wavelengths. We will discuss the design of the stacked sensor and focus on the Silicon Metalens for multiple use-cases. We will demonstrate the results of our Silicon metalens prototype at 1550nm. We will show numerical simulations of the optical stack for eye-tracking application or wide-angle time of flight (TOF) and discuss the necessary trade-offs.
The frequency range of terahertz (THz) has shown great promise for optical communication due to its enormous bandwidth and low interference. This review paper provides a thorough analysis of the latest developments an...
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Bio-inspired opticaldesign can be described as a conscious decision in the design process to take inspiration from physical adaptation that were brought up by natural selection. The usual goal is to introduce non-con...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781510654198;9781510654181
Bio-inspired opticaldesign can be described as a conscious decision in the design process to take inspiration from physical adaptation that were brought up by natural selection. The usual goal is to introduce non-conventional techniques or material in order to achieve better performance or novel applications. However, when the target is to imitate closely the form-factor, appearance and optical properties of a biological system, new requirements are added to the design process and new problems arises. In this paper, we will expose the design of an optical system that draws most requirements from both the optical properties and the form-factor of the human eye. However, contrary to human eye models, the main requirements for this project is to make a realistic design which can be assembled as a prototype. The design process will be laid out, by firstly introducing system requirements and various performance targets that comes from the bio-inspired design. The constraints associated with using entrance pupil's appearance as a requirement will be presented. This paper will also specifically be looking at distortion as a solution for modulating resolution throughout the field of view and as a tool to aid in those novel problems.
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