Lenses News
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Novel Lenses Enable X-Ray Microscopy With Record Resolution
12/7/2017
Scientists have developed novel lenses that enable X-ray microscopy with record resolution in the nanometre regime. Using new materials, the research team led by DESY scientist Saša Bajt from the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) has perfected the design of specialised X-ray optics and achieved a focus spot size with a diameter of less than ten nanometres.
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Qioptiq Introduces Rodenstock HR Digaron Macro 5.6/105 Digital Lens
8/1/2017
Qioptiq, an Excelitas Technologies Company and global technology leader in delivering innovative optical and photonic solutions, introduces its new Rodenstock HR Digaron Macro 5.6/105 Digital Lens for professional photography.
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Optical Phased Array Technology Could Make Lens-Based Cameras Obsolete
6/26/2017
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a 2D ultra-thin camera that uses an optical phased array (OPA), rather than the curved lenses and mechanical parts of a traditional camera, to capture images.
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New Virtual Reality Display Uses Optical Mapping To Ease Eye Fatigue
6/22/2017
A new type of 3D display being developed by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign could pave the way for augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) headsets that do not cause headaches, nausea and eye fatigue symptoms commonly reported by users.
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Qioptiq Introduces New UV LINOS F-Theta-Ronar Lens For 340-360nm
5/23/2017
Qioptiq, an Excelitas Technologies Company and global technology leader in delivering innovative optical and photonic solutions, introduces its new telecentric UV LINOS 70mm F-Theta-Ronar Lenses for 340-360nm.
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Varioptic Launches A New 3.8mm Auto Focus S-Mount Lens
4/18/2017
Varioptic - Invenios France SAS, announces the release of a new Caspian S-Mount lens, the Caspian S-25H0-038 with 3.8 mm focal length.
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Corrective Quartz Lens Achieves Unparalleled X-Ray Laser Focus
3/2/2017
Scientists report that custom-manufactured corrective quartz glasses fitted to a standard lens can focus X-ray beams to an unparalleled concentration, approaching the theoretical limit.
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World's First Flat Lens Focusing On Continual Bandwidth Of Colors
2/9/2017
Harvard engineers have built the first achromatic metalens (AML) that operates over a continual bandwidth of colors, from blue to green, through a technique called dispersion engineering and via an ultra thin array of nanopillars.
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Invenios Acquires Varioptic, Liquid Lens Technology
1/6/2017
Invenios LLC, an advanced technology micro-fabrication foundry specializing in glass structuring, micro glass packaging and glass bonding is a world leader in providing consumables and devices for gene sequencing, bio-medical, sensor, electronic and optical applications announced recently that it has successfully completed the acquisition of Varioptic, previously a Business Unit of Parrot Drones SAS for an undisclosed amount.
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Making Flat Optical Lenses By Stacking Metasurfaces
12/28/2016
Engineers at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have successfully demonstrated how to stack metasurfaces to form flat optical lenses that can be mass-produced and integrated with electronics and image sensors.