Advances in the development of tunable lenses in Mexico

Authors

  • Agustin Santiago-Alvarado Technological University of the Mixteca
  • Sergio Vazquez-Montiel Polytechnique University of Tulancingo
  • Jorge Gonzalez-Garcia Technological University of the Mixteca
  • Fernando Iturbide-Jimenez Technological University of the Mixteca
  • Angel S. Cruz-Felix Technological University of the Mixteca
  • Victor Cruz-Martinez Technological University of the Mixteca
  • Enrique A. Lopez-Lopez Technological University of the Mixteca
  • Graciela Castro-Gonzalez Technological University of the Mixteca

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/photon.%20lett.%20pl.v7i1.554

Abstract

Advances in the development of tunable lenses have produced more compact, simple and lightweight optical systems. There are different types of tunable lenses; among the simplest we can find liquid and solid lenses, which only require a mechanical mount to change the shape of the lenses. We present the analysis and results that were obtained recently from these two types of lenses which have produced an improvement in the quality of images formation as well as some of their future applications.

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Author Biographies

Agustin Santiago-Alvarado, Technological University of the Mixteca

Research Profesor

Postgraduate Studies Division

Sergio Vazquez-Montiel, Polytechnique University of Tulancingo

Research Profesor

Jorge Gonzalez-Garcia, Technological University of the Mixteca

Research Profesor

Physics and Mathematics Institute

Fernando Iturbide-Jimenez, Technological University of the Mixteca

Research Profesor

Design Institute

Angel S. Cruz-Felix, Technological University of the Mixteca

Postdoctoral Fellow

Postgraduate Studies Division

Victor Cruz-Martinez, Technological University of the Mixteca

Research Profesor

Design Institute

Enrique A. Lopez-Lopez, Technological University of the Mixteca

Research Profesor

Computation Institute

Graciela Castro-Gonzalez, Technological University of the Mixteca

Research Profesor

Physics and Mathematics Institute

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Published

2015-04-01

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A. Santiago-Alvarado, “Advances in the development of tunable lenses in Mexico”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 7, no. 1, pp. pp. 20–22, Apr. 2015.

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2015)

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