Optical processor arrays for controlling focal length or for tuning the depth of field

Authors

  • Jorge Ojeda Castaneda University of Guanajuato, Mexico
  • C. M. Gómez-Sarabia University of Guanajuato, Mexico

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/photon.%20lett.%20pl.v3i1.174

Abstract

We present two families of optical processor arrays. One family uses a pair of complex conjugate phase arrays for implementing a varifocal lenslet array, which is useful for axial scanning. The other family uses a different pair of complex conjugate phase arrays for controlling the depth of field in a telecentric processor array.

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Author Biography

Jorge Ojeda Castaneda, University of Guanajuato, Mexico

Electronics Department, Professor

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Published

2011-03-31

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J. Ojeda Castaneda and C. M. Gómez-Sarabia, “Optical processor arrays for controlling focal length or for tuning the depth of field”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 3, no. 1, pp. pp. 44–46, Mar. 2011.

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2011)

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