Ultrathin Flat Lens Focuses Light without Optical Distortions
By plating a very thin wafer of silicon with a nanometer-thin layer of gold, applied physicists have created an ultrathin, flat lens that focuses light…
Lenses
High-Energy Radiation is Refracted Setting the Stage for Gamma Optics
New research into gamma rays has led to a discovery that will make many new applications possible in medicine and materials research. Physicists at the…
Ames Laboratory Seeks to Make Science Fiction a Reality
As researchers at Ames Laboratory aim to move innovations from the realm of science fiction closer to reality, they developed a method to evaluate different…
High Quality Microlenses from Calcium Carbonate Structures
By studying the brittlestar Ophiocoma wendtii, whose body is covered with tiny crystalline lenses made of calcium carbonate, scientists were able to create high quality…