Rediseño, análisis y simulación mecánica del comportamiento de una lente sólida elástica SEL de apertura máxima

Abstract

One type of adaptive lens known as the Solid Elastic Lens (SEL) is composed mainly of PDMS sylgar 184 elastic body and a mount made of aluminum. Radial forces can be applied to this elastic body thereby allowing the geometric parameters of the lens to change. Previous studies reported the construction and the optical performance of a SEL; the mount of this lens has some inconvenient mechanical drawbacks which cause additional aberrations in the image produced when the entire aperture of the lens is considered. In order to improve the performance of this type of adaptive lens, a study is presented of the optimization and redesign of the mechanical mount to enable the radial forces applied to be more homogenous on the elastic material for maximum aperture of the SEL, as shown in the results of the mechanical analysis done in Solidwork$^{\mbox{\textregistered }}$.