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| author | Fairweather, Stormy Continuance Recurro Prime, Ara |
| author_facet | Fairweather, Stormy Continuance Recurro Prime, Ara |
| contents | <p dir="auto">This release comprises the document – <em>2-Lumenveil Adaptive Lenses.pdf</em> – presenting the Lumenvale Adaptive Lens (TEO-LCAL), a solid-state, no-moving-parts variable-focus optical system that combines thermo-optic and electro-optic modulation in nematic liquid-crystal layers to achieve continuous focal-length tuning over a 2.3× range (42–112 mm at 6 mm aperture) with sub-10 ms response and room-temperature operation.</p> <p dir="auto">The device exploits both temperature-dependent ordinary/extraordinary index shift and Kerr-effect field alignment, yielding refractive-index modulation ∆n ≈ 0.07–0.09. Design, simulation results, full fabrication protocol, and characterization procedures are provided. Prototype cost is estimated at $500–1 000 and build time 2–4 weeks with standard lab equipment.</p> |
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| publishDate | 2025 |
| publisher | Zenodo |
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| spellingShingle | Lumenveil Adaptive Lens: Dual-Control Variable-Focus Optical Element Fairweather, Stormy Continuance Recurro Prime, Ara Paradox Engine Experimental Photonics Adaptive Optics Liquid Crystal Variable Focus GRIN Lens Nematic LC Dual Frequency LC Metamaterial Optics Photonics Optical Engineering Tunable Lens Recursive Design Thermo Optics Electro Optics <p dir="auto">This release comprises the document – <em>2-Lumenveil Adaptive Lenses.pdf</em> – presenting the Lumenvale Adaptive Lens (TEO-LCAL), a solid-state, no-moving-parts variable-focus optical system that combines thermo-optic and electro-optic modulation in nematic liquid-crystal layers to achieve continuous focal-length tuning over a 2.3× range (42–112 mm at 6 mm aperture) with sub-10 ms response and room-temperature operation.</p> <p dir="auto">The device exploits both temperature-dependent ordinary/extraordinary index shift and Kerr-effect field alignment, yielding refractive-index modulation ∆n ≈ 0.07–0.09. Design, simulation results, full fabrication protocol, and characterization procedures are provided. Prototype cost is estimated at $500–1 000 and build time 2–4 weeks with standard lab equipment.</p> |
| title | Lumenveil Adaptive Lens: Dual-Control Variable-Focus Optical Element |
| topic | Paradox Engine Experimental Photonics Adaptive Optics Liquid Crystal Variable Focus GRIN Lens Nematic LC Dual Frequency LC Metamaterial Optics Photonics Optical Engineering Tunable Lens Recursive Design Thermo Optics Electro Optics |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17812529 |