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Ultrasound liquid crystal lens with a variable focus in the radial direction for image stabilization

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New technologies for adaptive optics are becoming increasingly important for miniature devices such as cell-phone cameras. In particular, motion-free autofocusing and optical image stabilization require sophisticated approaches for alternative lens architectures, materials, and processing to replace multiple solid elements. We discuss a new method, to the best of our knowledge, that provides image stabilization via an annular piezoelectric ceramic that uses ultrasound to drive a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between two circular glass substrates. The piezoelectric ceramic is divided into four quadrants that are independently driven with sinusoidal voltages at the resonant frequency of the lens. The technique is based on ultrasound vibrations with a suitable driving scheme. The lens configuration was modeled via finite-element analysis. Various combinations of the four-channel ultrasound transducer can be used to define the focal point of the liquid crystal lens. Clear optical images could be obtained with the lens. By using two-dimensional fast Fourier transforms, the focal point position was defined and shifted in the radial direction.

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