Light adjustable aberration conjugator
AssigneeCalhoun Vision, Inc.
InventorsBen C. Platt, Christian A. Sandstedt
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Abstract
A method of correcting aberrations in an optical system by applying a light adjustable aberration conjugator layer to a component of the system, determining the nature of the aberration, applying radiation to the conjugator layer such as to change the refraction and/or shape of the conjugator layer to compensate for the aberration, and locking in the desired optical property.
Claims24
A method for correcting aberrations in an optical system, comprising:
- applying a light adjustable aberration conjugator layer to a component of the system;
- either before or after applying said conjugator layer, determining the nature of the aberration;
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- applying radiation to the conjugator layer such as to modify the refraction of the conjugator layer to compensate for the aberration.
The method of claim 2 in which the desired irradiation pattern is obtained by aberration-feedback.
The method of claim. 3 in which an ultraviolet vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser array is used to generate the pattern and project it onto the surface of the conjugator layer.
An optical element comprising a combination of a light refracting or reflecting element and layer thereon of a light adjustable aberration conjugator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.