Gradient Index Lenses and Methods with Zero Spherical Aberration

Gradient index lenses with no aberrations and related methods for making such lenses are described. In one aspect, a gradient index lens can be a substantially spherically-shaped lens that has at least one side that is flattened such that a locus of focal points resides on a plane. A method for making a gradient index lens can include forming material layers, each of the material layers defining an effective refractive index, and laminating the material layers together to form a substantially spherically-shaped lens having at least one side that is flattened to a substantially planar surface. The material layers can have a gradient refractive index distribution such that a locus of focal points resides on the substantially planar surface.

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Patents:
WO 2,011,044,239

Inventor(s): SMITH DAVID R [US]; KUNDTZ NATHAN B [US]

Type of Offer: Licensing



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