Dynamic study of a varioptic variable focal lens

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4767, Issue , 2002, Pages 159-165

  Gabay, Claude ^a   Berge, Bruno ^a,b   Dovillaire, Guillaume ^c   Bucourt, Samuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b Varioptic   (France)

^c Imagine Optic   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL DESIGN; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; WAVEFRONTS;

OPTICAL POWER SHIFT; VARIOPTIC LENS; WAVEFRONT DISTORTION;

LENSES;

EID: 0036980321     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.468224     Document Type: Conference Paper

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