Abstract: There is disclosed a spherical optical lens formed in a liquid or a gas, the spherical optical lens is formed by refractive index modulations associated with an acoustic wave, wherein a spherical aberration and focal length of the acoustic wave are controllable. Also disclosed is a method of forming an acousto-optic spherical lens in a homogeneous medium, comprising the steps of introducing an alteration in a refractive index of the medium using acoustic field of a spherical wave, thereby forming a shape of the acousto-optic spherical lens, passing an optical beam through the altered or perturbed medium, exposing the optical beam to a modulated refractive index owing to an inner most wave front of the altered or perturbed medium being accompanied with high pressure modulation, thereby resulting in bending of the optical beam.

Abstract: There is disclosed a spherical optical lens formed in a liquid or a gas, the spherical optical lens is formed by refractive index modulations associated with an acoustic wave, wherein a spherical aberration and focal length of the acoustic wave are controllable. Also disclosed is a method of forming an acousto-optic spherical lens in a homogeneous medium, comprising the steps of introducing an alteration in a refractive index of the medium using acoustic field of a spherical wave, thereby forming a shape of the acousto-optic spherical lens, passing an optical beam through the altered or perturbed medium, exposing the optical beam to a modulated refractive index owing to an inner most wave front of the altered or perturbed medium being accompanied with high pressure modulation, thereby resulting in bending of the optical beam.

Abstract: There is provided a device for performing an optical function, the device comprising one or more reflectionless potential wells in an array of waveguides; and one or more control solitons injected into the one or more reflectionless potential wells; wherein the one or more potential wells have potential well design parameters comprising a potential well number, and wherein the one or more control solitons have control soliton design parameters comprising a control soliton number and power; and wherein the optical function of the device is set by the potential well design parameters and the control soliton design parameters. There is also provided a method of manufacturing the device.