Ray equation for a spatially variable uniaxial crystal and its use in the optical design of liquid-crystal lenses

Charles Jenkins; Richard Bingham; Kenneth Moore; Gordon D. Love

doi:10.1364/JOSAA.24.002089

Ray equation for a spatially variable uniaxial crystal and its use in the optical design of liquid-crystal lenses

Charles Jenkins^*, Richard Bingham, Kenneth Moore, Gordon D. Love

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2089-2096
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
Volume	24
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.24.002089
Publication status	Published - Jul 2007

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