WO2009084692A1 - 可変焦点レンズ - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a variable focus lens, and more particularly to a variable focus lens that can change a focal length using an optical material having an electro-optic effect.
- optical components such as optical lenses and prisms are optical devices such as cameras, microscopes, and telescopes, electrophotographic recording devices such as printers and copiers, optical recording devices such as DVDs, optical devices for communication, industrial use, etc. It is used for.
- a normal optical lens has a fixed focal length.
- a lens that can adjust the focal length according to the situation a so-called variable focus lens may be used in the above-described devices and apparatuses.
- the conventional variable focus lens mechanically adjusts the focal length by combining a plurality of lenses.
- such a mechanical variable focus lens has a limit in extending the application range from the viewpoint of response speed, manufacturing cost, miniaturization, power consumption, and the like.
- variable focus lens in which a material capable of changing the refractive index is applied to the transparent medium constituting the optical lens, a variable focus lens that mechanically deforms the shape of the optical lens, instead of moving the position of the optical lens, etc. It was issued.
- a variable focus lens using liquid crystal as an optical lens has been proposed.
- This variable focus lens encloses the liquid crystal in a container made of a transparent material by sandwiching the liquid crystal between two glass plates.
- a transparent electrode is provided inside the container, and the refractive index is controlled by applying an electric field to the liquid crystal, and the focal length is variably controlled (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
- variable focus lens liquid is often used as the material of the deformable lens.
- the variable focus lens described in Non-Patent Document 1 has a structure in which a liquid such as silicon oil is sealed in a space sandwiched between glass plates. The glass plate is thinly processed. By applying pressure to the glass plate with a lead zirconate titanate (PZT) piezo actuator from the outside, the lens composed of the oil and the entire glass plate is deformed, and the focal position is adjusted. Control.
- PZT lead zirconate titanate
- the conventional variable focus lens includes a variable focus lens that mechanically adjusts the focal length, a variable focus lens that controls the refractive index by applying an electric field to the liquid crystal, and a variable focus lens that deforms the lens by a PZT piezo actuator.
- the response speed required to change the focal length is limited, and there is a problem that it cannot be applied to a high-speed response of 1 ms or less.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a variable focus lens that can change the focal length at high speed.
- one embodiment of the present invention is formed on an electro-optic material made of a single crystal having inversion symmetry, and a light incident surface and a light exit surface of the electro-optic material.
- An optical axis is set so that the light is incident from a gap where the electrode on the incident surface is not formed, and is emitted from a gap where the electrode on the emission surface is not formed.
- a portion of the electric lines of force connecting the electrode and the electrode on the exit surface bends in the gap, thereby changing the electric field of the portion through which the light is transmitted with the optical axis as a center.
- the focal point of the light transmitted through the electro-optic material is variable by changing the voltage applied between the electrodes on the exit surface.
- the electro-optic material is preferably a perovskite single crystal material, typically potassium tantalate niobate (KTa 1-x Nb x O 3 ).
- the main component of the crystal is composed of groups Ia and Va in the periodic table, group Ia is potassium, and group Va can contain at least one of niobium and tantalum.
- group Ia is potassium
- group Va can contain at least one of niobium and tantalum.
- the electrodes on the entrance surface and the electrode on the exit surface are arranged in parallel with opposing sides across the gap. Furthermore, it is preferable that the opposing side of the electrode on the incident surface and the opposing side of the electrode on the output surface facing each other with the electro-optic material interposed therebetween are arranged in parallel.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a variable focus lens according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the principle of the variable focus lens according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an electric field component and a refractive index distribution inside the substrate of the variable focus lens.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the variable focus lens according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 5A is a diagram illustrating an optical path length modulation distribution of the variable focus lens according to the second example.
- FIG. 5B is a diagram illustrating an optical path length modulation distribution of the variable focus lens according to the second example.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the deviation between the optical path length modulation and the ideal quadratic curve in the variable focus lens according to the second example.
- variable focus lens of this embodiment is composed of an electro-optic material and an electrode attached thereto. By utilizing the electro-optic effect, a much faster response speed can be obtained as compared with a conventional variable focus lens.
- FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a variable focus lens according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- a pair of upper electrodes 2a, 2b and lower electrodes 3a, 3b are respectively formed on the upper surface (light incident surface) and the lower surface (light emitting surface) of the substrate 1 obtained by processing the electro-optic material into a plate shape.
- the upper electrodes 2a and 2b are set to the same potential, and the lower electrodes 3a and 3b are set to the same potential.
- the optical axis is set in the y-axis direction so that light passes through the gap between the pair of electrodes having the same potential.
- Each of the upper electrodes 2a and 2b is formed so that sides facing each other across a gap through which light passes is parallel to the z axis, and the interval between the two sides is A.
- the lower electrodes 3a and 3b have the same configuration, and the positions of the opposing sides coincide with the opposing sides of the upper electrodes 2a and 2b in the x-axis direction, that is, with the substrate 1 in between.
- the thickness of the substrate 1 is T.
- a voltage can be applied from the upper electrode 2 to the lower electrode pair 3 or vice versa.
- the electro-optic material is preferably an oxide single crystal material having inversion symmetry.
- the inversion symmetry will be described later in detail. Details of the electrodes will be described later.
- variable focus lens The principle of the variable focus lens according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
- a positive voltage is applied to the upper electrodes 2a and 2b, and a negative voltage is applied to the lower electrodes 3a and 3b.
- an electric field is generated between the vertically facing electrodes in a state of facing from top to bottom.
- the electric field is generated not only between the upper and lower electrodes but also around it, and also in a portion where light is transmitted. Due to the protruding electric field, an electro-optic effect is generated in the substrate 1 which is an electro-optic material, and the refractive index of the portion through which light is transmitted is modulated.
- the electro-optic material generally has a relative dielectric constant sufficiently larger than 1. For this reason, the electric field lines of the electric field inside the substrate 1 are nearly parallel to the substrate surface near the surface (see reference numerals 4a and 4b). The electric lines of force 4a traveling rightward from the upper electrode 2a proceed almost parallel to the upper surface of the substrate 1 after leaving the upper electrode 2a. On the other hand, the electric lines of force 4b traveling leftward from the upper electrode 2b also proceed almost parallel to the upper surface of the substrate 1 after leaving the upper electrode 2b.
- the electric lines of force 4a and 4b collide with each other at the center of the upper electrodes 2a and 2b, the electric lines of force 4a and 4b are largely turned from there and proceed downward.
- the electric lines of force 4a and 4b then reach the lower surface, change their direction greatly, proceed in opposite directions, and proceed to the lower electrodes 3a and 3b, respectively.
- the electric lines of force traveling near the surface inside the substrate 1 are bent sharply in the gap between the pair of electrodes having the same potential, so that the electric field greatly changes in the bent portion. That is, the refractive index is modulated by changing the electric field around the optical axis where light is transmitted.
- FIG. 3 shows the electric field component and the refractive index distribution inside the substrate.
- 3 (a) shows the x-axis direction in the vicinity of the upper surface of the substrate 1, the distribution of the electric field component E x.
- the horizontal axis represents the position in the x-axis direction of the portion where light between the pair of electrodes having the same potential is transmitted. Since the direction of the electric lines of force differs 180 degrees between the left and right with the central portion as the boundary, this distribution is obtained.
- FIG. 3B similarly shows the distribution of the electric field component E y in the y-axis direction at each position in the x-axis direction.
- the electric field component E y has the same sign, but its absolute value is small at the center and increases as it approaches the electrode.
- Such an electric field distribution modulates the refractive index in the x-axis direction.
- FIG. 3C shows a refractive index when light having an optical electric field incident in the z direction is incident using potassium tantalate niobate (KTa 1-x Nb x O 3 , hereinafter referred to as KTN) as an electrooptic material.
- KTN potassium tantalate niobate
- variable focus lenses having the configuration shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are prepared and arranged so that the optical axes of the portions through which the light passes are aligned.
- the two variable focus lenses By arranging the two variable focus lenses at an angle of 90 degrees with respect to the optical axis as a center, by performing condensing or diverging in two directions, a function equivalent to a spherical lens can be realized.
- the electro-optic effect includes several different-order electro-optic effects, but in general, the first-order electro-optic effect (hereinafter referred to as Pockels effect) and the second-order electro-optic effect (hereinafter referred to as Kerr effect). Is used).
- a material having a secondary electro-optic effect (Kerr effect) in which refractive index modulation proportional to the square of the electric field occurs is preferable.
- Kerr effect as shown in FIG. 3, the refractive index distribution ⁇ n is because it does not depend on the sign of the electric field component E x, become suitable symmetrical shape as a lens.
- a single crystal having inversion symmetry refers to a crystal in which the arrangement of atoms is exactly the same as the original arrangement of atoms when the arrangement of atoms is inverted in the x, y, z coordinate system around a certain origin. Note that when a material having spontaneous polarization is inverted on the coordinate axis, the direction of spontaneous polarization is inverted, and thus such a crystal material does not have inversion symmetry. On the other hand, a single crystal having inversion symmetry has no Pockels effect, and the Kerr effect is the lowest order electro-optic effect. Therefore, among crystal materials having an electro-optic effect, a single crystal having inversion symmetry is desirable.
- the magnitude of the electric field inside the crystal is proportional to the voltage applied to the electrode. Also, since the refractive index modulation is proportional to the square of the electric field, the magnitude of the refractive index modulation is proportional to the square of the voltage. Thereby, the focal length of the concave lens can be controlled by the voltage. Although it has been described here that it functions as a concave lens, the sign of the electro-optic coefficient differs depending on the material and light polarization, so that a convex lens can also be realized.
- the electro-optic material is preferably a single crystal material having a perovskite crystal structure. This is because the perovskite single crystal material has a cubic phase having reversal symmetry in the use state if the use temperature is appropriately selected, and does not have the Pockels effect in this cubic phase. For example, even the most well-known barium titanate (BaTiO 3 , hereinafter referred to as BT) may exceed the temperature at which the phase transition from the tetragonal phase to the cubic phase (hereinafter referred to as the phase transition temperature) occurs at around 120 ° C. For example, it becomes a cubic phase and exhibits the Kerr effect.
- BaTiO 3 barium titanate
- the single crystal material mainly composed of KTN has more preferable characteristics.
- BT has a predetermined phase transition temperature, whereas KTN can select a phase transition temperature depending on the composition ratio of tantalum and niobium.
- the phase transition temperature can be set near room temperature.
- KTN has a cubic phase at a temperature higher than the phase transition temperature, has inversion symmetry, and has a large Kerr effect. Even in the same cubic phase, the Kerr effect becomes overwhelmingly closer to the phase transition temperature. For this reason, setting the phase transition temperature around room temperature is very important for easily realizing a large Kerr effect.
- the main component of the crystal is composed of groups Ia and Va in the periodic table, group Ia is potassium, and group Va contains at least one of niobium and tantalum. Can be used. Furthermore, it is possible to include one or more members of Group Ia of the periodic table excluding potassium as an additive impurity, for example, lithium, or Group IIa.
- a cubic phase KLTN K 1-y Li y Ta 1-x Nb x O 3 , 0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1, 0 ⁇ y ⁇ 1) crystal having a large Kerr effect may be used.
- the dielectric constant increases rapidly when the operating temperature is brought close to the phase transition temperature.
- the electro-optic effect is increased.
- the dielectric constant is high, the bending of the electric lines of force shown in FIG. 2 becomes more abrupt and the lens effect increases.
- the focal length is 1 m or less due to the synergistic effect of combining the large electro-optic effect and the bending of the electric field lines.
- the refractive index modulation of KTN varies depending on the relationship between the direction of the applied electric field and the direction of the optical electric field, as in other electro-optic crystals.
- the refractive index modulation [Delta] n x and [Delta] n z where light feel
- n 0 is the refractive index before modulation.
- s 11 and s 12 are electro-optic coefficients. S 11 is positive, whereas s 12 has a negative value, and the absolute value is larger in s 11 . Because of this feature, the function changes completely depending on the polarization state of the incident light, a convex lens when the direction of the optical electric field is the x direction, and a concave lens when the direction of the optical field is the z direction.
- Electrode material When a high voltage is applied to the electro-optic material, charges are injected from the electrodes, and space charges can be generated in the crystal. This space charge causes an electric field to be tilted in the direction of voltage application, so that the refractive index is also tilted.
- the carrier injection efficiency injected from the electrode should be small.
- the work function of the electrode material is preferably 5.0 eV or more.
- Electrode material having a work function of 5.0 eV or more Co (5.0), Ge (5.0), Au (5.1), Pd (5.12), Ni (5.15), Ir (5.27), Pt (5.65), Se (5.9) can be used.
- Figures in parentheses indicate work functions (eV).
- the work function of the electrode material is preferably less than 5.0 eV in order to suppress the injection of holes.
- Ti (3.84) or the like can be used as an electrode material having a work function of 5.0 eV or more. Since the Ti single-layer electrode is oxidized and becomes high resistance, generally, the Ti layer and the electro-optic crystal are bonded using an electrode in which Ti / Pt / Au is laminated. Furthermore, transparent electrodes such as ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) and ZnO can also be used.
- FIG. 4 shows a configuration of the variable focus lens according to the first example.
- a pair of upper electrodes 12a and 12b and a pair of lower electrodes 13a and 13b are formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the substrate 11 obtained by processing the electro-optic material into a plate shape.
- the relative dielectric constant at this temperature is 20,000.
- Each of the upper electrodes 12a and 12b and the lower electrodes 13a and 13b has a square shape of 0.6 mm ⁇ 2.6 mm and is formed by depositing platinum (Pt).
- the opposing sides are arranged in parallel with a gap through which light passes, and the distance A between these two sides is 1.4 mm.
- the collimated laser light is incident on the gap between the upper electrodes 12a and 12b while the temperature of the variable focus lens of Example 1 is controlled at 40 ° C.
- the polarization of light is a straight line, and the direction of the oscillating electric field is the z-axis direction.
- a voltage of 500 V is applied between the upper and lower electrodes, the light emitted from between the lower electrodes 13a and 13b spreads in the x-axis direction and functions as a cylindrical concave lens.
- the focal length is 25 cm.
- the applied voltage is 250 V
- the spread becomes small and the focal length becomes about 1 m. That is, the focal length can be changed by the applied voltage. Since changing the focal length only changes the applied voltage, the response time is 1 ⁇ s or less, which is an improvement of three orders of magnitude or more compared to the response time of the conventional variable focus lens.
- the measurement is performed by rotating the polarized light by 90 degrees while maintaining the traveling direction of the light. That is, the direction of the oscillating electric field of light is the x-axis direction. In this case, it functions as a convex lens.
- the applied voltage is 500 V
- the focal length is 19 cm, and the focal length can be changed by the applied voltage.
- the characteristic of the lens is expressed by optical path length modulation that the light receives by passing through the substrate 1.
- the optical path length modulation ⁇ s is obtained by integrating the refractive index modulation ⁇ n over the path through the electro-optic material. As described above, since the refractive index modulation is a function of x and y, this is assumed to be ⁇ n (x, y). The refractive index modulation ⁇ n does not depend on z. Since the variable focus lens according to the present embodiment propagates light in the y-axis direction, the optical path length modulation ⁇ s is
- FIGS. 5A and 5B show optical path length modulation distributions of the variable focus lens according to Example 2.
- the horizontal axis represents the position in the x-axis direction, and the origin is the center of the portion through which light is transmitted.
- the vertical axis represents the optical path length modulation ⁇ s.
- the optical path length modulation ( ⁇ Sx) when the optical electric field is directed in the x-axis direction is convex upward, indicating that it functions as a convex lens.
- the optical path length modulation ( ⁇ Sz) when the optical electric field is directed in the z-axis direction is convex downward, indicating that it functions as a concave lens.
- FIG. 5A and 5B show the results of fitting to a quadratic curve. Ideally, it would be desirable to follow this quadratic curve, but in each case there is a slight deviation. Furthermore, FIG. 5A has a larger deviation from the quadratic curve than FIG. 5B. This is because the electric lines of force that spread from each electrode to the portion where light is transmitted spread only within a range determined by the thickness T of the substrate 1. That is, when the same voltage is applied between the upper electrode and the lower electrode, if the distance A between the upper electrode and the lower electrode is too wide (in the case of FIG. 5A), the electric lines of force reach the center of the portion where the light is transmitted. This is because the electro-optic effect is reduced and the refractive index modulation is also reduced.
- FIG. 6 shows the deviation between the optical path length modulation and the ideal quadratic curve in the variable focus lens according to Example 2.
- the vertical axis represents the peak / peak value of the deviation between the actual optical path length modulation ⁇ s and the ideal quadratic curve. That is, the optical path length modulation (plots ⁇ and ⁇ in FIGS. 5A and 5B) is determined by determining the interval A and the thickness T, and the fitting shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B is performed. In this range, the minimum value and the maximum value of the deviation amount are obtained, and the deflection width is shown as the peak / peak value.
- the guideline for the amount of deviation of the optical path length modulation ⁇ s is about the light wavelength (approximately 1 ⁇ m), so it is desirable that R be 1.5 or less.
- the upper electrodes 12a and 12b are shown as independent electrodes. However, as long as unnecessary disturbance is not given to the electric field distribution inside the substrate 11, the upper electrodes 12a and 12b are coupled on the upper surface of the substrate 11 or by other methods. It may be a combined electrode. Similarly, the lower electrodes 13a and 13b may be combined electrodes as long as the electric field distribution inside the substrate 11 is not disturbed.
- the opposing sides of the upper electrodes 12a and 12b and the lower electrodes 13a and 13b are coincident in the x-axis direction with the substrate 11 interposed therebetween, but are not necessarily coincident with each other. What is necessary is just to be parallel.
- the upper electrode and the lower electrode are shown as squares, but the shape excluding the opposite sides across the gap through which light passes can be any shape since it does not affect the lens action. Further, from the outer extension of the light transmitting region, about the same distance as the electrode interval A or the substrate thickness T, or more in the z-axis direction, even on the sides facing each other with a gap therebetween, It may be any shape.
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電気光学効果には、いくつかの次数の異なる電気光学効果が含まれるが、一般的には、1次の電気光学効果(以下、ポッケルス効果という)と2次の電気光学効果(以下、カー効果という)が利用されている。しかし、電気光学効果の中でも、電界の自乗に比例した屈折率変調が起こる、2次の電気光学効果(カー効果)を有する材料が好適である。カー効果の場合は、図3に示したように、屈折率分布Δnは電界成分Exの符号に依存しないので、レンズとして好適な左右対称形になるからである。一方、ポッケルス効果の場合は、屈折率変調は電界の1乗に比例し、電界成分Exによる屈折率変化は左右対称とならないため、レンズとしてうまく機能しない。
電気光学効果が大きくなる。また、誘電率が高いと、図2に示した電気力線の屈曲が、より急激になり、レンズ効果が大きくなる。大きな電気光学効果と大きな電気力線の屈曲とを合わせた相乗効果により、例えば、KTNの比誘電率が10,000を超え、KTN基板に印加する電圧が500Vを超えると、焦点距離が1m以下となり、実用上有効な特性が得られる。
電気光学材料に高い電圧を印加すると、電極から電荷が注入され、結晶内に空間電荷が発生しうる。この空間電荷により電圧の印加方向に電界の傾斜が生じるために、屈折率の変調にも傾斜が生じる。
図4に、実施例1にかかる可変焦点レンズの構成を示す。電気光学材料を板状に加工した基板11の上面および下面に、それぞれ1対の上部電極12a,12bおよび下部電極13a,13bが形成されている。基板11は、KTN単結晶から、ブロックを切り出し、3mm×3mm×(厚さT=)1mmの形状に成形した。基板11の6面とも、結晶の(100)面に平行とし、光学研磨を行っている。このKTN単結晶は、相転移温度35℃であったので、これを少し上回る40℃で使用することとした。この温度での比誘電率は20,000である。
レンズの特性は、基板1を透過することによって光が受ける光路長変調によって表される。光路長変調Δsとは、電気光学材料を透過する間の経路にわたって、屈折率変調Δnを積分したものである。上述したように、屈折率変調はxとyとの関数であるため、これをΔn(x,y)とする。屈折率変調Δnはzには依存しない。本実施形態にかかる可変焦点レンズは、y軸方向に光が伝搬するので、光路長変調Δsは、
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- 反転対称性を有する単結晶からなる電気光学材料と、該電気光学材料の光の入射面と光の出射面とに形成された電極とを備え、
前記光を前記入射面の電極が形成されていない空隙から入射し、前記出射面の電極が形成されていない空隙から出射するように光軸が設定され、
前記入射面の電極と前記出射面の電極とを結ぶ電気力線の一部が前記空隙で屈曲することにより、前記光軸を中心に前記光が透過する部分の電界が変化させられ、
前記入射面の電極と前記出射面の電極との間の印加電圧を変えることにより、前記電気光学材料を透過した光の焦点が可変であることを特徴とする可変焦点レンズ。 - 前記電気光学材料は、ペロブスカイト型単結晶材料であることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の可変焦点レンズ。
- 前記電気光学材料は、タンタル酸ニオブ酸カリウム(KTa1-xNbxO3)であることを特徴とする請求項2に記載の可変焦点レンズ。
- 前記電気光学材料は、結晶の主成分が、周期律表Ia族とVa族から構成されており、Ia族はカリウムであり、Va族はニオブ、タンタルの少なくとも1つを含むことを特徴とする請求項2に記載の可変焦点レンズ。
- 前記電気光学材料は、さらに、添加不純物としてカリウムを除く周期律表Ia族、例えばリチウム、またはIIa族の1または複数種を含むことを特徴とする請求項4に記載の可変焦点レンズ。
- 前記電極は、前記電気光学材料とショットキー接合が形成される材料であることを特徴とする請求項1ないし5のいずれかに記載の可変焦点レンズ。
- 前記入射面の電極および前記出射面の電極の各々は、前記空隙を挟んで対向する辺が平行に配置されていることを特徴とする請求項1ないし6のいずれかに記載の可変焦点レンズ。
- 前記入射面の電極の前記対向する辺と、前記電気光学材料を挟んで対向する前記出射面の電極の前記対向する辺のそれぞれは、平行に配置されていることを特徴とする請求項7に記載の可変焦点レンズ。
- 前記入射面の電極の前記対向する辺と、前記電気光学材料を挟んで対向する前記出射面の電極の前記対向する辺のそれぞれは、前記電気光学材料を挟んで一致した位置に配置されていることを特徴とする請求項8に記載の可変焦点レンズ。
- 前記空隙を挟んで対向する辺の間隔Aと前記電気光学材料の厚さTとの比R=A/Tは、1.5以下であることを特徴とする請求項7、8または9に記載の可変焦点レンズ。
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