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http://dx.doi.org/10.3807/KJOP.2021.32.6.259

Research to Minimize Endoscope and Objective-lens Sensitivity Using Multi-configurations  

Jung, Mee-Suk (Department of Nano & Semiconductor Engineering, Korea Polytechnic University)
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Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics / v.32, no.6, 2021 , pp. 259-265 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, lens manufacturing and assembly technology has greatly improved. However, tight requirements of manufacturing and assembly lead to an increase in cost and manufacturing time, and in some cases the performance of an optical system may deteriorate depending on the operating environment's conditions, such as temperature or vibration. In addition, the use of a compensator is an effective method to reduce sensitivity in an ultra-precision optical system, but in the case of a small lens, such as that in an endoscope, it is difficult to use a compensator due to the size limitation of the lens barrel. Therefore, minimizing lens sensitivity is the most important technology in lens design. For this reason, there have been various attempts to reduce the lens sensitivity, and there is a trend to add functions to reduce the sensitivity in the lens design S/W. In this paper, we introduce a design technology that minimizes lens sensitivity. We first design a lens with quite good performance, then analyze the sensitivity of this lens, make a multi-configuration with high-sensitivity element error, and then reoptimize it. We prove with an example that this design technique is very effective.
Keywords
Endoscope lens; Multi-configuration; Objective lens; Tolerance optimization;
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