Optical design of liquid crystal lenses: off-axis modelling

AK Kirby, PJW Hands, GD Love - Current Developments in …, 2005 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We report on our work on producing liquid crystal switchable modal lenses and their use in a
compound lens system in order to produce variable focus/zoom lenses. We describe work …

Stochastic electromagnetic beams focused by a bifocal lens

G Zhang, J Pu - JOSA A, 2008 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, we study the focusing of a stochastic electromagnetic beam by a bifocal lens.
By taking the electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model (EGSM) beam as an example, the …

Application of equivalent air gap method in uniaxial crystal plate

R Wen-Yi, Z Chun-Min, M Ting-Kui - Chinese Physics Letters, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The equivalent air gap method is a simple way to trace the ray propagation in an isotropic
medium, but it cannot be applied to an anisotropic medium. We present the exact general …

Imaging characteristics of a birefringent lens under broadband illumination

S Mandal, S Sanyal, A Ghosh - Optik, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper reports the imaging characteristics of an optical system consisting of a lens made
of a uniaxial birefringent crystal sandwiched between two linear polarizers under …

Polychromatic intensity point spread function of a birefringent lens

S Mandal, A Ghosh - Optik, 2012 - Elsevier
We study the intensity point spread function (IPSF) of a uniaxial birefringent lens
sandwiched between two linear polarizers under broadband illumination having flat-top …

Evaluation of polychromatic image quality of a birefringent lens by means of optical transfer function

S Mandal - Optik, 2014 - Elsevier
Polychromatic or white-light optical transfer function (OTF) is put forward as a criterion to
evaluate the performance of a uniaxial birefringent lens sandwiched between two linear …

The effect of broadband illumination on the imaging characteristics of a birefringent lens suffering from primary spherical aberration

S Mandal, A Ghosh - Journal of Optics, 2011 - Springer
This report forms a part of the systematic investigation on the imaging behaviour of an
optical system consisting of a lens made of a uniaxial birefringent crystal sandwiched …

Applications of a Birefringent Lens as an Optical Image Processing Device

S Mandal - … Developments in High-Frequency Photonic Devices, 2019 - igi-global.com
A uniaxial birefringent crystal lens with its optic axis perpendicular to the system axis and
sandwiched between two properly oriented linear polarizers behaves as an isotropic lens …

Birefringent effects in plastic optics

A Adhikari - 2017 - dr.ntu.edu.sg
Plastic optics are seeing increased usage in various imaging and non-imaging applications
due to its low cost, ease of manufacturing and complex parts assembly. Non-imaging …

Application of Equivalent Air Gap Method in Uniaxial Crystal Plate

任文艺, 张淳民, 穆廷魁 - 中国物理快报: 英文版, 2009 - cqvip.com
相等的空气差距方法是在各向同性的媒介跟踪光线繁殖的一个简单方法, 但是它不能被用于各向
异性的媒介. 我们在场等价物的准确一般表情为飞机平行让差距厚度和排水量通风单轴的水晶 …