A bio-inspired polymeric gradient refractive index (GRIN) human eye lens

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 26746-26754

  Ji, Shanzuo ^a   Ponting, Michael ^a,b   Lepkowicz, Richard S ^c   Rosenberg, Armand ^d   Flynn, Richard ^d   Beadie, Guy ^d   Baer, Eric ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b PolymerPlus LLC   (United States)

^c ROSE HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; ASPHERIC SURFACES; ATR FTIR; BIO-INSPIRED; GRADIENT INDEXES; GRADIENT REFRACTIVE INDEX; GRIN LENS; HUMAN EYE; REFRACTIVE-INDEX DISTRIBUTION; WAVEFRONT ERRORS;

ASPHERICS; POLYMER FILMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVEFRONTS;

POLYMERS;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; SPECTACLES;

EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; POLYMERS; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 84870616752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.026746     Document Type: Conference Paper

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