@inproceedings{25bc2e3e048d4a34ad10eb45758f8b0d,
title = "Ultra-high-speed variable focus optics for novel applications in advanced imaging",
abstract = "With the advancement of ultra-fast manufacturing technologies, high speed imaging with high 3D resolution has become increasingly important. Here we show the use of an ultra-high-speed variable focus optical element, the TAG Lens, to enable new ways to acquire 3D information from an object. The TAG Lens uses sound to adjust the index of refraction profile in a liquid and thereby can achieve focal scanning rates greater than 100 kHz. When combined with a high-speed pulsed LED and a high-speed camera, we can exploit this phenomenon to achieve high-resolution imaging through large depths. By combining the image acquisition with digital image processing, we can extract relevant parameters such as tilt and angle information from objects in the image. Due to the high speeds at which images can be collected and processed, we believe this technique can be used as an efficient method of industrial inspection and metrology for high throughput applications.",
keywords = "TAG lens, high-aspect-ratio imaging, high-speed imaging, real-time imaging",
author = "S. Kang and E. Dotsenko and D. Amrhein and C. Theriault and Arnold, {Craig B.}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors thank all the employees of TAG Optics Inc. for technical support and gratefully acknowledge partial financial support from the NSF (Grant No. IIP-1431015). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} COPYRIGHT SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.; Photonic Instrumentation Engineering V 2018 ; Conference date: 30-01-2018 Through 01-02-2018",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1117/12.2294487",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Craig Olson and Soskind, {Yakov G.}",
booktitle = "Photonic Instrumentation Engineering V",
address = "United States",
}