Optofluidic zoom system with increased field of view and less chromatic aberration

Abstract

Imaging systems are widely used in many fields. However, there is an inherent compromise between field of view (FOV) and resolution. In this paper, we propose an optofluidic zoom system with increased FOV and less chromatic aberration, which can realize switching between large FOV and high resolution. The proposed system consists of a liquid prism, a zoom objective, an image sensor and image processing module, which can realize optical zoom and deflection. The proposed system achieves non-mechanical optical zoom from f = 40.5 mm to f = 84.0 mm. Besides, the angular resolution of zoom objective is up to 26"18 at f = 84.0 mm. The deflection range is ±10°, and the whole FOV of proposed system can reach up to 30.3°. The proposed system is compact and easy to machine. In addition, we reduce chromatic aberration produced by the liquid prism significantly. The proposed system can be used in monitor system, target tracking system, telescope system and so on.