Abstract

For the correction of defocus and astigmatism, mechanical approaches are well known, but there is a need for a non-mechanical, electrically tunable optical system that could provide both focus and astigmatism power correction with an adjustable axis. The optical system presented here is composed of three liquid-crystal-based tunable cylindrical lenses that are simple, low cost, and having a compact structure. Potential applications of the concept device include smart eyeglasses, virtual reality (VR)/ augmented reality (AR) head-mounted displays (HMDs), and optical systems subject to thermal or mechanical distortion. Details of the concept, design method, numerical computer simulations of the proposed device, as well as characterization of a prototype, are provided in this work.

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