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

To develop novel confocal fibre-optic laser method (CFOLM) for accurate and objective measuring of the dioptric power of both positive and negative intraocular lenses (IOLs). The CFOLM principle of ...

Developments in the manufacture of polymer micro optics are helping optical designers to meet the exacting tolerances that are required for miniaturized optical components and subsystems. Heidi Hall ...

Additive manufacturing enables new and unprecedented engineering and production possibilities that are predicted to have an enormous impact in the twenty-first century. The technology allows for the ...

Researchers from the Optics Group at the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón have managed to correct in real time problems ...

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 ...

The DeepLens design method is highly effective in creating both classical optical designs and an extended depth-of-field computational lens. An automated computational approach to the optical lens ...

The painstaking process of designing optical lenses for imaging systems is poised for a dramatic transformation thanks to a groundbreaking AI-powered method developed by researchers at King Abdullah ...

PowerPhotonic, Dalgety Bay, UK, has launched what it is calling "the world’s first low-cost freeform micro-optics rapid fabrication service". The "LightForge" micro-optics fabrication service allows ...

A patent application shows that Canon is working on optimizing its optical lens design, creating new autofocus (AF) motor technology designed to make RF lenses smaller, faster and super quiet – all ...

Key trends in the automotive industry involve producing safer vehicles for people inside and outside the car—smarter technology for more comfort and ease of use and toward cars that are “greener” or ...