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http://dx.doi.org/10.3807/COPP.2022.6.1.104

Design of an 8× Four-group Zoom System without a Moving Group by Considering the Overall Length  

Park, Sung Min (Department of Physics, Dankook University)
Lee, Jea-Woo (Department of Physics, Dankook University)
Park, Sung-Chan (Department of Physics, Dankook University)
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Current Optics and Photonics / v.6, no.1, 2022 , pp. 104-113 More about this Journal
Abstract
We present a method to count the overall length of the zoom system in an initial design stage. In a zoom-lens design using the concept of the group, it has been very hard to precisely estimate the overall length at all zoom positions through the previous paraxial studies. To solve this difficulty, we introduce Teq as a measure of the total track length in an equivalent zoom system, which can be found from the first order parameters obtained by solving the zoom equations. Among many solutions, the parameters that provide the smallest Teq are selected to construct a compact initial zoom system. Also, to obtain an 8× four-group zoom system without moving groups, tunable polymer lenses (TPLs) have been introduced as a variator and a compensator. The final designed zoom lens has a short overall length of 29.99 mm, even over a wide focal-length range of 4-31 mm, and an f-number of F/3.5 at wide to F/4.5 at tele position, respectively.
Keywords
Aberrations; First orders; Tunable polymer lens; Zoom lens; Zoom position;
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