Optimized multielement accommodative intraocular lens with a four-freeform-surface Alvarez lens and a separate aspheric lens

Appl Opt. 2019 Sep 20;58(27):7609-7614. doi: 10.1364/AO.58.007609.

Abstract

This paper proposes an accommodative intraocular lens (IOL), which consists of a two-element Alvarez lens and an aspheric lens for changing focal power and refractive power, respectively. The four-freeform-surface Alvarez lens is optimized for a multiple field of view; further, the aspheric lens also corrects the aberrations induced by the corneal asphericity of the human eye over the whole range of accommodation. A simulation using optical design software demonstrates its excellent performance in that the values of the modulation transfer function at 100 cycles/mm all reach ∼0.4 with a ±5° field of view for 3 and 5 mm pupils.