Design and fabrication of a polymer gradient-index optical element for a high-performance eyepiece

Anthony J. Visconti; Kejia Fang; James A. Corsetti; Peter McCarthy; Greg R. Schmidt; Duncan T. Moore

doi:10.1117/1.OE.52.11.112107

2 August 2013 Design and fabrication of a polymer gradient-index optical element for a high-performance eyepiece

Anthony J. Visconti, Kejia Fang, James A. Corsetti, Peter McCarthy, Greg R. Schmidt, Duncan T. Moore

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 52, Issue 11, 112107 (August 2013). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.52.11.112107

Abstract

A 40-deg full field-of-view high-performance eyepiece design utilizing a polymer spherical gradient-index (GRIN) optical element is presented. In the design process, the GRIN lens material is constrained to current manufacturing capabilities. Several spherical GRIN lens blanks are fabricated from a thermoformable axial GRIN polymethyl methacrylate polystyrene copolymer material. One is diamond turned into a lens for the eyepiece, and the additional blanks are used to characterize the fabrication process. The spherical GRIN profile is evaluated in the original design, and a tolerance analysis is provided.

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Anthony J. Visconti, Kejia Fang, James A. Corsetti, Peter McCarthy, Greg R. Schmidt, and Duncan T. Moore "Design and fabrication of a polymer gradient-index optical element for a high-performance eyepiece," Optical Engineering 52(11), 112107 (2 August 2013). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.52.11.112107

Published: 2 August 2013

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