Open AccessStrehl ratios characterizing optical elements designed for presbyopia compensation
Author(s) -
Krzysztof Petelczyc,
José Antonio Gómez,
Salvador Bará,
Zbigniew Jaroszewicz,
Karol Kakarenko,
Andrzej Kołodziejczyk,
Maciej Sypek
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.19.008693
Subject(s) - strehl ratio , optics , presbyopia , lens (geology) , human eye , accommodation , compensation (psychology) , materials science , physics , adaptive optics , psychology , psychoanalysis
We present results of numerical analysis of the Strehl ratio characteristics for the light sword optical element (LSOE). For comparison there were analyzed other optical imaging elements proposed for compensation of presbyopia such as the bifocal lens, the trifocal lens, the stenopeic contact lens, and elements with extended depth of focus (EDOF), such as the logarithmic and quartic axicons. The simulations were based on a human eye's model being a simplified version of the Gullstrand model. The results obtained allow to state that the LSOE exhibits much more uniform characteristics of the Strehl ratio comparing with other known hitherto elements and therefore it could be a promising aid to compensate for the insufficient accommodation range of the human eye.