Optical: systems and elements – Lens – Fluid
Patent
1995-08-24
1997-11-04
Epps, Georgia Y.
Optical: systems and elements
Lens
Fluid
G02B 312
Patent
active
056846363
ABSTRACT:
A polymer composition is provided for use as a liquid lens element in a compound lens designed to reduce chromatic aberration. The polymer composition (i) has an abnormal optical dispersion and (ii) is more easily fabricated into the compound lens than a conventional optical liquid. The composition contains an abnormal optical liquid characterized by an abnormal optical dispersion and a polymer component. The polymer is soluble in the optical liquid and is present in an amount effective to impart a viscosity that is at least an order of magnitude greater than that of the liquid alone at a selected temperature.
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Chow Andrea W.
Ermer Susan P.
Warren Hope B.
Cornely John P.
Dehlinger Peter J.
Epps Georgia Y.
Evans Susan T.
Lockheed Martin Corporation
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