An electrical tunable lens is applied in digital holographic microscopy for physical spherical phase compensation. When different microscope objectives are applied to one digital holographic microscope, the physical spherical phase compensation needs different reference wavefronts. The focal length of the electric tunable lens can be adjusted by applying different voltages. We have measured the morphology changes of the tunable lens under different voltages. According to the measurement, the tunable lens has the capability to change wavefront via changing of the applied voltages. Thus we apply the tunable lens in the digital holographic microscope with multiple microscope objectives to fulfill the physical spherical phase compensation. The measurement results for the tunable lens together with the phase compensation results are presented.

Date Published: 22 June 2013
PDF: 6 pages
Proc. SPIE 8769, International Conference on Optics in Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (icOPEN2013), 87693C (22 June 2013); doi: 10.1117/12.2021092

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8769:
International Conference on Optics in Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (icOPEN2013)
Chenggen Quan; Kemao Qian; Anand Asundi, Editor(s)