Abstract
A liquid tunable lens with an extended depth of focus (DOF) is proposed. By integrating a phase plate with rotational symmetric quartic function (QF) contour into the liquid lens cavity, the lens can achieve higher tolerance to the defocus aberration. The liquid lens was fabricated with a convenient and low-cost process that combined single-point diamond turning (SPDT) with soft lithography using polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Experimental results demonstrate that both focal length tunability and extended DOF can be achieved with the proposed liquid lens.
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