公开(公告)号：US20080297911A1

公开(公告)日：2008-12-04

申请号：US12011818

申请日：2008-01-30

申请人： Todd C. Christenson ,  Michael R. Descour ,  Chen Liang ,  Artur G. Olszak

发明人： Todd C. Christenson ,  Michael R. Descour ,  Chen Liang ,  Artur G. Olszak

IPC分类号： G02B3/14 ,  G02B21/02 ,  B29D11/00

CPC分类号： B29D11/00028 ,  B29D11/00807 ,  G02B3/0012 ,  G02B3/0056 ,  G02B3/14 ,  G02B21/002 ,  G02B21/02

摘要： A liquid lens includes a segmented electrode that allows the simultaneous application of different potentials across the lens's meniscus to obtain a predetermined aberration correction condition and to adjust focal length as necessary to conform to the topography of the object being scanned. The lens also includes a gas plenum interfacing with one of the liquids of the lens to allow for volume changes in the lens cell due to temperature variations. This combination of features produces a liquid-lens cell capable of maintaining substantially constant transverse magnification and diffraction-limited image quality over a useful range of focal length. As such, the lens is particularly suitable for incorporation in an array of micro-objectives used in a scanning microscope.

摘要翻译： 液体透镜包括分段电极，其允许跨透镜的弯月面同时施加不同电位以获得预定的像差校正条件，并且根据需要调整焦距以符合被扫描物体的形貌。 透镜还包括与透镜的​​液体之一接口的气体增压室，以允许由于温度变化导致的透镜单元的体积变化。 特征的这种组合产生能够在有效的焦距范围内保持基本恒定的横向放大率和衍射受限图像质量的液体透镜单元。 因此，镜片特别适合于并入在扫描显微镜中使用的微观物镜的阵列中。