{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Chen C"],"funding":["National Natural Science Foundation of China","Preliminary Study","SongShan Laboratory"],"pagination":["374"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11202164"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["9(6)"],"pubmed_abstract":["The compound eye is a natural multi-aperture optical imaging system. In this paper, a continuous optical zoom compound eye imaging system based on Alvarez lenses is proposed. The main optical imaging part of the proposed system consists of a curved Alvarez lens array (CALA) and two Alvarez lenses. The movement of the CALA and two Alvarez lenses perpendicular to the optical axis is realized by the actuation of the dielectric elastomers (DEs). By adjusting the focal length of the CALA and the two Alvarez lenses, the proposed system can realize continuous zoom imaging without any mechanical movement vertically to the optical axis. The experimental results show that the paraxial magnification of the target can range from ∼0.30× to ∼0.9×. The overall dimensions of the optical imaging part are 5"],"journal":["Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pubmed_title":["Continuous Optical Zoom Compound Eye Imaging Using Alvarez Lenses Actuated by Dielectric Elastomers."],"pmcid":["PMC11202164"],"funding_grant_id":["YYJC072022008","62275017","202303042"],"pubmed_authors":["Hao Q","Liu L","Cao J","Chen C","Qiao Z","Cheng Y"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Continuous Optical Zoom Compound Eye Imaging Using Alvarez Lenses Actuated by Dielectric Elastomers.","description":"The compound eye is a natural multi-aperture optical imaging system. In this paper, a continuous optical zoom compound eye imaging system based on Alvarez lenses is proposed. The main optical imaging part of the proposed system consists of a curved Alvarez lens array (CALA) and two Alvarez lenses. The movement of the CALA and two Alvarez lenses perpendicular to the optical axis is realized by the actuation of the dielectric elastomers (DEs). By adjusting the focal length of the CALA and the two Alvarez lenses, the proposed system can realize continuous zoom imaging without any mechanical movement vertically to the optical axis. The experimental results show that the paraxial magnification of the target can range from ∼0.30× to ∼0.9×. The overall dimensions of the optical imaging part are 5","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Jun","modification":"2025-04-26T22:36:01.714Z","creation":"2025-04-06T17:17:07.554Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11202164","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38921254"],"doi":["10.3390/biomimetics9060374"]}}