Researchers have shown that consumer-grade 3D printers and low-cost materials can be used to produce multi-element optical ...
Currently, Kyocera’s technology enables aerial images whose focal positions vary by wavelength. In the future, increasing the ...
(Nanowerk Spotlight) Optical lenses play a crucial role in a vast array of applications, from microscopy and astronomy to photography, medical devices, and machine vision systems. Traditionally, the ...
Scientists have unveiled a new way to capture ultra-sharp optical images without lenses or painstaking alignment. The ...
The demand for disposable miniature imaging platforms (DMIPs) is growing rapidly. Used for commercial, scientific, medical, and educational purposes, DMIPs have numerous applications but can be ...
A schematic of a next-generation ultra-thin camera that utilizes metasurfaces, a nano-optical device, to secure light paths: By aligning metasurfaces horizontally on a glass substrate, light reflects ...
An unexpected discovery in a Harvard lab has led to a breakthrough insight into choosing an unconventional material, silica, ...
Optical instruments are how we see the world, from corrective eyewear to medical endoscopes, cell phone cameras, and orbiting cameras. In this online engineering specialization, you will learn to ...
Light travels at different speeds based on the medium it passes through. For example, in a vacuum, it travels at 3.0 × 10^8 m/s in a straight line. But when directed towards glass, air, diamond, water ...