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HELA

Hyperelastic Lens Aberration

Python code based on 'Firedrake' and 'gmsh'. A soft hyperelastic lens (biconvex/biconcave) is stretched/compressed and focal length and spherical berration is calculated at each time-step.

Citation

If using this code, parts of it, or developments from it, please cite our paper:

@article{zareei2021harnessing,
  title={Harnessing Mechanical Deformation to Reduce Spherical Aberration in Soft Lenses},
  author={Zareei, Ahmad and Medina, Eder and Bertoldi, Katia},
  journal={Physical Review Letters},
  volume={126},
  number={8},
  pages={084301},
  year={2021},
  publisher={APS}
}

Contributors:

• Eder Medina
• Ahmad Zareei