Optotune Ag

Optotune Switzerland Ag

Daniel Borer

David Niederer

Roman Patscheider

Christopher Laning

Manuel Aschwanden

Stephan Smolka

Pit Gebbers

Michael Bueeler

Michael Büeler

The invention relates to an optical device, comprising: a lens having an adjustable focal length. According to the invention, a light source which is configured to emit light that is affected by said lens and impinges on at least a first photosensitive element, which is designed to generate a first output signal corresponding to the intensity of light impinging on it, wherein the first photosensitive element is configured to measure only a portion of the intensity distribution of said emitted light, and wherein the light source, the lens and the first photosensitive element are configured such that a change of the focal length of said lens changes the intensity distribution of the emitted light that impinges on the first photosensitive element, so that each focal length of the lens is associated to a specific first output signal generated by the first photosensitive element.

Optical device, particularly for tuning the focal length of a lens of the device by means of optical feedback

The invention relates to a lens, comprising a container () defining a volume (V) which is filled with a transparent liquid (), wherein the container () comprises a transparent and elastically deformable membrane () and a rigid member (), wherein the membrane () and the rigid member () delimit said volume (V), and a lens shaping element () that contacts the membrane () and defines an area () of said membrane (), which area () has an adjustable curvature for adjusting the focal length of the lens (). According to the invention, the lens () is configured to compensate a thermal expansion of the liquid () and/or a change of the refractive index of the liquid () due to an increased temperature of the liquid () in order to reduce an unwanted thermally induced change of the focal length of the lens ().

Temperature drift compensation for liquid lenses

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Schlieren, Switzerland

Daniel Borer