Advancing 3D structural imaging of neurons: A tenfold increase in accuracy via scatterometry

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have achieved a significant breakthrough by employing scatterometry, a technique ...
Optics

Electrically switchable lens exploits holography and diffraction

DigiLens, of Sunnyvale, California, US, has developed a liquid crystal-based lens that provides customized diffraction gratings depending on which of its layers are 'switched on'. The application ...
Hackaday

A New Way To Make (Almost) Holograms With Lasers

The spectrum of laser technologies available to hackers has gradually widened from basic gas lasers through CO2 tubes, diode ...
Science Daily

Logic with light: Introducing diffraction casting, optical-based parallel computing

Increasingly complex applications such as artificial intelligence require ever more powerful and power-hungry computers to run. Optical computing is a proposed solution to increase speed and power ...
EurekAlert!

Efficient light control: meta-optics replace conventional lenses

Conventional curved lenses, which direct light by refraction in glass or plastic, are often bulky and heavy, offering only limited control of light waves. Metasurfaces, in contrast, are flat and ...
AZoM on MSN

Using a SMAL Lens for Semiconductor Imaging

Revolutionizing optical microscopy, the SMAL lens resolves nanoscale features with exceptional clarity, bridging the gap to ...
New Scientist

Spiral scratches on contact lenses can turn them into multifocals

Lenses featuring a trippy, spiral design could offer an alternative to traditional multifocal lenses. They seem to produce clearer images than standard multifocals, even in dim light. The lenses were ...