Variable Focal Length Lens

Abstract

A variable focal length lens, comprises a chamber arrangement containing two transparent liquids adjacent one another with an interface therebetween, the chamber arrangement allowing light to pass along an optical axis through the transparent liquids and across the interface, the lens focusing the passing light. A piezoelectric actuator is arranged, on activation, to change the pressure of one of the liquids so that the interface moves, for example by changing shape, to change the focal length of the lens.

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