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 are making progress toward a “perfect lens” that will be able to resolve an organelle assembling a protein or a virus attacking a cell. From ribosomes assembling proteins to viruses ...

Image: Nikon Nikon has announced it is developing a 120-300mm F2.8 zoom lens with a built-in 1.4x teleconverter. The Nikkor Z ...

Optical metasurfaces are two-dimensional arrays of nano-scatterers that modify optical wavefronts at subwavelength spatial resolution. They are poised to revolutionize optics by enabling complex ...

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The annual mobile trade show in Barcelona kicks off today, but just ahead of the event Xiaomi has shown off a prototype camera lens. I am, apparently, one of only two media members to get hands on the ...

A lens measuring 1.57 meters across and thought to be the largest high-performance optical lens ever fabricated has arrived at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, a major step towards its eventual ...

Primes might not be as light and portable as you think, f/1.8 is a hindrance not a help, and while zooming with your feet ...

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