Actively controllable multifocal lens

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1998-11-20

2000-10-31

Sugarman, Scott J.

Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting

Spectacles and eyeglasses

Ophthalmic lenses or blanks

351177, 359 19, 264 131, 264 136, G02C 704, G02B 532, B29D 1100

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061391476

ABSTRACT:
The invention provides an active multifocal optical lens. The optical lens has a first optical element that provides a first optical power and a second optical element that provides a second optical power. The second optical element is a volume holographic optical element, which has been programmed to focus incoming light.

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