MindMap Gallery freeform optics
This mind map elaborates on content such as General Freeform Optics, By Topic, and Displays. By analyzing these optical technology concepts, the map further showcases how performance and efficiency in display technology can be enhanced through innovative design.
Edited at 2024-05-15 17:16:28Freeform Optics
General Freeform Optics
Optical components that depart from traditional optics shapes.
Surface types
Conic
Polynomial
Zernike
Toroidal
Phase Propagation
Gaussian
Axicon
Bessel non diffractive
Freeform wavefront shaper
Depth of Field extender (EDF, Microscopy)
Biconic or Saddle lenses
Odd or Even Aspheric
Parabolid
Cosine / Sine
Fresnel
Acylinder
Aperiodic / Periodic Array
Flat Tilted (Prisms)
Pixelated Freeform with tilts
Array Beam Generator
Prism Lens (Hyperspectral Imagers)
Hyperbolic
Combination of the above
Note: Refractive or Reflective !
Advantages of Freeform Optics
Enhanced optical performance
Reduce aberrations and optical system complexity.
Non-traditional shapes enable improved imaging and higher resolution in optical systems.
Design flexibility and customization
Unique shapes tailored to specific applications.
Compact and lightweight optical systems with increased functionality and performance.
Better Price Point than Diffractive Beam Shapers
General Freeform Applications
by Topic
Imaging
Smartphone Lenses
Endoscopy Microlenses
Darkfield Microscopy (Reduced Cost objective)
Phase Contrast Microscopry
Aberration Correction Plate
Relative Illuminance Correction Plate
Frequency Filter
Fine line "microcrack" with two CO2 laser beams
Image Splitting
Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensors
Very high NA objective lenses with long working distance
Replacing lens systems for cyrogenic environments
Zone plates (optical and x-ray imaging)
Schmidt corrector plates
Zernike aberration plates (why would someone want aberrations?)
Flat Lens Systems before Metalenses get popular
LIDAR
Beamlet Array Generator
Illumination
Special LED collimation lenses
Structured Illumination
Custom lightpipe
UV disinfection light spreader
Lasers
Fibre Classing Mode Strippers
Single Mode Fibre Coupling
Fibre Mode Coupler (Waved Index)
Polka-Dot Style Beamsplitter
Beamlet Style Splitter
Custom (selected mode) Whispering Gallery Mode Lasers
Displays
3D Holograms
Miniaturized holograms
Spectroscopy
Hyperspectral "Prism Lens"
Spherical Aberration Correction on a PCX/PCV lens
Multispectral Split Image
Space
Vibration, temperature, pressure - roboust optical systems
by Market
Aerospace and defence
Freeform Supervision Contact Lenses
Automotive
Laser Headlights, beam shaping
LIDAR placed at unusual positions
Virtual reality and augmented reality
VR/AR/MR headsets, constrained geometry
Medical and biotechnology
Medical imaging devices, endoscopes and microscopes.
Intraocular lens with or without Supervision (correction)
Opto-Acoustic Imaging
Aberration Correction in Scattering Media
Solar
Flat solar concentrator plates (microprism array)
PowerPhotonic Applications
Tatto removal (flat-top beam shaper)
Projection (diffusers)
Telecom (microlens arrays)
Defence (beam combiner)
Glass dicing (Bessel beam generator)
Laser Cutting (beam shaper)
Laser Welding (ring or trident beam shaper)
Micromachining (square beam shaper)
Laser Additive Manufacturing (ring beam shaper)
Defense (supervision contact lenses)
Endoscopy (freefrom imaging microlenses)
Microscopy (Extended Depth of Field plates)
General freeform lenses for demanding environments (space, extreme pressure, temperature and vibration)
Illumination (Freeform light pipes)
Illumination (LED beam shaping)
Imaging (relative illuminance correction plate)
LIDAR (Beamlet array generator)
Medical (UV-Disinfection light spreader plate for UV LEDs)
Stereo or multispectral imaging (Image splitting plate)
Imagine (Smartphone Lens Prototypes)
Laser technology (Very long focal length aspheric cavity mirrors)
Laser technology (Mode-Selective Whispering Gallery Mode waveguides)
Combine PowerPhotonic CO2 tech with other surface structuring methods - Gratings, Diffractive Cracks, Scatter
PowerPhotonic Products
Freeform Optics Manufacuring Service
Rapid Protoyping
Offer other companies to add aberration correction to their uncoated lens surfaces (PCX, PCV spherical lenses)
Combine multiple lens elements into one freeform
Create lenses and scattering surfaces on fused silica fibre endface
Endoscopes
Fibre Endcaps and Collimators
Rapid custom focal length lenses service
tight tolerance focal length lenses
Implement aberration free bi-aspheric Mexican formula on website
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Supervision contact lenses or intraocular lenses (correcting for aberrations of individuals eyes)
Customized wo-CO2-Beam surface microcrack generator for frequency filtering, phase contrast
Optical Components
Single Mode Beam Shapers
Ring beam
Bessel beam
Multimode Beam Shapers
Microlens Arrays
Aberration Correction Plates
Long and Very Long Focal Length Lenses and mirrors
Aberration corrected prisms for hyperspectral imagers
Image Splitting / Multiplication Optics
Metal coated zone plates for x-ray imaging
Freeform zone plates for visible imaging
Aspheric / Freeform Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensors
High Power Fibre Optic Cladding Mode Strippers
Fibre Optic Mode Couplers
Set of Zernike plates for introducing specific aberrations (why would someone want to introduce aberrations?)
Flat solar concentrator plates (prism arrays)
Airy beam generator
Optics Assemblies
Beam Combiner
Freeform Beamlet Generator
Single Lens + Multi-Plate aberration correction microscope objectives
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