In order to realize optical zoom system on the portable devices
the optical system without any mechanical moving part is necessary. Therefore
we established the electrically tunable optical zoom system using liquid crystal(LC) lenses and investigated the relation between the focal length of the LC lens
magnification of images
zoom ratio and the object distance. One LC lens can only have the function of focusing
therefore
first
we utilized two LC lenses to design the optical system and figure out the zoom ratio at different object distance. Second
we used three LC lenses to establish the system that the function of focusing and zooming can be controlled independently and it is similar with the mechanically tunable system. Experimental results indicate that by using three LC lenses with tunable lens power ranging from -11.3 m
-1
to 24.9 m
-1
we can achieve electrically tunable optical zoom system. The object distance of the system can be changed form 10 cm to 100 cm continuously and the zoom ratio is 6.5:1. According to the principles
we can achieve electrically tunable optical zoom system with different range of object distance and different zoom ratio by LC lenses with different tunable lens power range.
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