AUTHOR=Puentes Graciana , Minotti Fernando 

TITLE=Spectral characterization of optical aberrations in fluidic lenses

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Physics

VOLUME=Volume 11 - 2023

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physics/articles/10.3389/fphy.2023.1299393

DOI=10.3389/fphy.2023.1299393

ISSN=2296-424X

ABSTRACT=We report an extensive numerical study and supporting experimental results on the spectral characterization of optical aberrations in macroscopic fluidic lenses with tunable focal distance and aperture shape. Using a Shack-Hartmann wave-front sensor we experimentally reconstruct the near-field wave-front transmitted by the fluidic lenses, and we characterize the chromatic aberrations in terms of Zernike polynomials in the visible range. Moreover, we further classify the spectral response of the lenses using clustering techniques, in addition to correlation and convolution measurements. Experimental results are in agreement with our theoretical model of the non-linear deformation of thin elastic membranes.