Agradecimentos: Dutch Science Foundation (NWO) and the Foundation for Technical science (STW) within the VICI program grant (11380).The present work was performed with the support of CNPq, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico - Brasil. We gratefully acknowledge the Dutch...

Agradecimentos: Dutch Science Foundation (NWO) and the Foundation for Technical science (STW) within the VICI program grant (11380).The present work was performed with the support of CNPq, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico - Brasil. We gratefully acknowledge the Dutch Science Foundation NWO and the Foundation for Technical science STW for financial support within the VICI program

By means of numerical simulations, using a computational fluid dynamics software together with an optical ray tracing analysis platform, we show that we can tune various optical aberrations by electrically manipulating the shape of liquid lenses using one hundred individually addressable electrodes....

By means of numerical simulations, using a computational fluid dynamics software together with an optical ray tracing analysis platform, we show that we can tune various optical aberrations by electrically manipulating the shape of liquid lenses using one hundred individually addressable electrodes. To demonstrate the flexibility of our design, we define electrode patterns based on specific Zernike modes and show that aspherical, cylindrical and decentered shapes of liquid lenses can be produced. Using different voltages, we evaluate the tuning range of spherical aberration (Z11), astigmatism (Z5 and Z6) and coma (Z7), while a hydrostatic pressure is applied to control the average curvature of a microlens with a diameter of 1mm. Upon activating all electrodes simultaneously spherical aberrations of 0.15 waves at a pressure of 30Pa can be suppressed almost completely for the highest voltages applied. For astigmatic and comatic patterns, the values of Z5, Z6 and Z7 increase monotonically with the voltage reaching values up to 0.06, 0.06 and 0.2 waves, respectively. Spot diagrams, wavefront maps and modulation transfer function are reported to quantify the optical performance of each lens. Crosstalk and independence of tunability are discussed in the context of possible applications of the approach for general wavefront shaping

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