A research team has developed a small optical lens, only a few millimeters in size, whose refractive behavior changes in the presence of gas. This 'intelligent' behavior of the micro-lens is enabled ...

Researchers have shown that consumer-grade 3D printers and low-cost materials can be used to produce multi-element optical ...

With an optical bench, researchers from the University of Rochester's Center for Visual Science use technology originally developed for astronomy, such as adaptive optics mirrors and spatial light ...

(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 ...

THE thirteenth Duddell Medal of the Physical Society was presented on February 7 to Dr. C. V. Drysdale, who is distinguished for his outstanding work in connexion with electrical and optical ...