Lenses News

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. Qioptiq Introduces Fetura+ High-Speed Zoom Lens System 11/1/2016

    Qioptiq, an Excelitas Technologies® Company, recently introduced the Fetura+™ Advanced Zoom Lens enabling high speed and reliable optical performance for the machine vision and inspection markets. Fetura+ features a unique linear rail design coupled with precision optics to enable it to travel through the 12.5:1 zoom range in less than one second. Due to this unique design, Fetura+ offers a service life in excess of one million cycles and delivers exacting repeatability in any orientation.

  10. Qioptiq mag.x system 125 Now Optimized For 35 mm Camera Format Sensors 10/27/2016

    Qioptiq, an Excelitas Technologies® Company, recently introduces the new 1.73x Tube Lens as a widely desired addition to the mag.x system 125. Representing a new class of optical systems that enable microscope-like resolution with wide fields-of-view to support modern high-resolution sensors, the 1.73x Tube Lens makes the mag.x system 125 a perfect match for sensors with the 35 mm camera format.