Fabrication, characterization and modeling of tunable elastomer lenses

Authors

  • Benjamin O. Chan ⋅ PH Department of Physics, Ateneo de Manila University
  • Quirino M. Sugon, Jr. ⋅ PH Department of Physics, Ateneo de Manila University
  • Jeric V. Macalintal ⋅ PH Department of Physics, Ateneo de Manila University
  • B. T. Marquez ⋅ PH Department of Physics, Ateneo de Manila University
  • Rafael L. Alfonso ⋅ PH College of Science, University of Santo Tomas

Abstract

This paper discusses developments in our work on novel tunable lenses made from elastomer slabs. A brief review of previous results is presented first before discussing a bottle-cap design to compress a slab of elastomer producing a tunable focal-length lens. Measurements of the resulting focal lengths were modeled via a constant volume approximation approach. Satisfactory agreement between experimental and theoretical values was achieved although refinements in the theory and experiments have to be done. The potential of the tunable lens for device application is starting to unfold.

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SPP-2006-PB-11

Section

Poster Session PB

Published

2006-10-25

How to Cite

[1]
BO Chan, QM Sugon, JV Macalintal, BT Marquez, and RL Alfonso, Fabrication, characterization and modeling of tunable elastomer lenses, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 24, SPP-2006-PB-11 (2006). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2006-PB-11.