TY - JOUR
T1 - Ray equation for a spatially variable uniaxial crystal and its use in the optical design of liquid-crystal lenses
AU - Jenkins, Charles
AU - Bingham, Richard
AU - Moore, Kenneth
AU - Love, Gordon D.
PY - 2007/7
Y1 - 2007/7
N2 - To be able to design optical systems (e.g., variable focus or zoom lenses) made from liquid-crystal devices, it is necessary to be able to ray trace in a birefringent medium where the angle of the optical axis is a function of position in the device. To our knowledge, the theory required to achieve this has not previously been published, and we derive a suitable algorithm and give some examples of its use.
AB - To be able to design optical systems (e.g., variable focus or zoom lenses) made from liquid-crystal devices, it is necessary to be able to ray trace in a birefringent medium where the angle of the optical axis is a function of position in the device. To our knowledge, the theory required to achieve this has not previously been published, and we derive a suitable algorithm and give some examples of its use.
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U2 - 10.1364/JOSAA.24.002089
DO - 10.1364/JOSAA.24.002089
M3 - Article
SN - 1084-7529
VL - 24
SP - 2089
EP - 2096
JO - Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
JF - Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
IS - 7
ER -