Lenses News
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LASER World Of Photonics Celebrates 50 Years Of Laser
6/7/2023
Fifty years ago, LASER 73 brought together about 100 exhibitors to marvel at all photonics had to offer. Now, tens of thousands are flocking to Munich to attend LASER World of PHOTONICS, one of photonics’ leading trade fairs.
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NSF Invests In Photonics Innovation
5/23/2023
βThe Advancing Photonics Technologies collaboration is one of more than 40 teams across the nation selected to receive one of the first-ever NSF Engines Development Awards, which provide up to two years of funding toward the planning of a multistate initiative to create economic, societal, and technological opportunities for their regions.
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Bright Ideas β 3D-Printed Rocket Launched, NSF Gives Grant To University of Dayton, Nanophotonics And Ultrafast Optics Breakthrough, And More
3/29/2023
Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in optics and photonics. This week, we look at a SPIE Summit, combining MEMS with photonics in a single microchip, a demo of a new laser weapon system, and more.
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Bright Ideas β Exceptionally Brief Hard X-Ray Pulses, Silicon Photonics Kicking Down Doors, Gh-Gh-Gh-Ghost (Imaging), Butterfly Wings, And More
3/15/2023
Bright Ideas presents the most captivating news and innovations in optics and photonics. This week, we look at a couple of pieces of Optica news, a Texas A&M professor wins a major award, a photodetector shows enhanced sensitivity and speed, and more.
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ISCO4all: New Lens Set Wins Gear Of The Year Award 2022
10/6/2022
Schneider Optics’ next reason to celebrate: Its newcomer ISCO4all has just been honored with the popular “Gear of the Year Award 2022” by the international magazine Pro Moviemaker.
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Impact Of Irregularity And Strehl Ratio On Aspheric Lens Performance
8/9/2022
The spatial frequency of surface irregularity on aspheric lenses has a significant impact on their Strehl ratio and real-world performance. The shape of the lens’ surface irregularity map is required to understand the true impact of its surface irregularity on its performance, not just an irregularity specification by itself.
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Metalenz Expands Leadership Team In Response To Growing Demand For Metasurface Optics
7/26/2022
Metalenz, the first company to commercialize meta-optics, today announces the appointment of Lars Johnsson Vice President of Product, Marketing and Business Development and Hao Zhou as Head of Sales in Asia.
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The Future Of Metasurface Optics β A Q&A With Metalenz CEO Robert Devlin
7/1/2022
Metalenz CEO Robert Devlin, who cofounded the company alongside Harvard University Professor of Applied Physics Federico Capasso, discusses the company’s beginnings, how its business partnership evolved, the challenges of integrating into consumer products, and what he believes is the future of metasurface optics.
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What Can Flat Optics Do For Depth Sensing?
6/1/2022
Depth sensing is a critical technology in autonomous robots, AR/VR, face recognition, and logistics. Flat optics-based dot pattern generators and imaging lenses, customized to the VCSEL source and the ToF sensor, can make for a highly compact, efficient, and robust system.
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NIL Technology To Demonstrate Metalens Camera Module At SPIE Photonics West
1/21/2022
NIL Technology ready to start mass-production of metalenses in 2022.